Uses and limits of the Equivalent Frame Model on existing unreinforced masonry buildings for assessing their seismic risk: A review

E Quagliarini, G Maracchini, F Clementi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the late 1970s, nonlinear static analysis have had an increasing use in the seismic
assessment of existing unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings. Different modelling …

Shake-table testing of a stone masonry building aggregate: Overview of blind prediction study

I Tomić, A Penna, M DeJong, C Butenweg… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2023 - Springer
City centres of Europe are often composed of unreinforced masonry structural aggregates,
whose seismic response is challenging to predict. To advance the state of the art on the …

Pushover analysis of unreinforced irregular masonry buildings: Lessons from different modeling approaches

A Aşıkoğlu, G Vasconcelos, PB Lourenço, B Pantò - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The present paper addresses the seismic performance of a half-scale two-story unreinforced
masonry (URM) building with structural irregularity in plan and in elevation. The main …

A critical discussion on the earthquake risk mitigation of urban cultural heritage assets

R Maio, TM Ferreira, R Vicente - International journal of disaster risk …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper aims at providing a comprehensive review on disaster risk mitigation of urban
cultural heritage assets located in historical centres, by providing a holistic framework on the …

A macro-element modelling approach of Infilled Frame Structures

I Caliò, B Pantò - Computers & Structures, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper a macro-modelling approach for the seismic assessment of Infilled Frame
Structures (IFS) is presented. The interaction between frame and infill is simulated through …

Numerical and experimental validation of a 3D macro-model for the in-plane and out-of-plane behavior of unreinforced masonry walls

B Pantò, F Cannizzaro, I Caliò… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The behavior of historical UnReinforced Masonry (URM) buildings subjected to earthquake
loading is usually governed by a complex interaction between the in-plane and out-of-plane …

3D macro-element modelling approach for seismic assessment of historical masonry churches

B Pantò, F Cannizzaro, S Caddemi, I Caliò - Advances in Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent earthquakes have demonstrated the high vulnerability of cultural heritage buildings,
whose seismic assessment and rehabilitation constitute an important issue in seismic …

Benchmarking the software packages to model and assess the seismic response of unreinforced masonry existing buildings through nonlinear static analyses

S Cattari, G Magenes - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Seismic modelling of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings is addressed worldwide
according to different approaches, not only at research level, but also in the current …

Structural behaviour and design rules of confined masonry walls: Review and proposals

R Marques, PB Lourenço - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Confined masonry (CM) has been adopted as a cost-effective and earthquake-resistant
solution for buildings, mostly in developing countries. CM has large potential for use in …

Analysis and design of confined masonry structures: review and future research directions

B Borah, HB Kaushik, V Singhal - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
This article discusses the significance of confined masonry (CM) structures in terms of their
remarkable seismic performance in past earthquake events. However, the variability of CM …