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 …

Experimental assessment of the in-plane/out-of-plane interaction in unreinforced masonry infill walls

P Ricci, M Di Domenico, GM Verderame - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
During earthquakes, unreinforced masonry (URM) infills are subjected to in-plane (IP) and
out-of-plane (OOP) actions. Displacement demands in the IP direction affect the OOP …

Experimental investigation of the influence of slenderness ratio and of the in-plane/out-of-plane interaction on the out-of-plane strength of URM infill walls

P Ricci, M Di Domenico, GM Verderame - Construction and Building …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study presents the results of eight experimental tests on unreinforced masonry infills for
the assessment of their out-of-plane (OOP) response and of the effects on it of in-plane (IP) …

Residual out-of-plane capacity of infills damaged by in-plane cyclic loads

L Cavaleri, M Zizzo, PG Asteris - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
During earthquakes, infills are subjected to In-Plane (IP) and Out-Of-Plane (OOP) actions. In
the case of strong earthquakes, infills may progressively change their mechanical behavior …

Integrated structural and energy retrofitting of masonry walls: Effect of in-plane damage on the out-of-plane response

PD Gkournelos, TC Triantafillou… - Journal of Composites for …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
A total of 12 experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of prior in-plane damage on
the out-of-plane response of structurally and thermally retrofitted masonry wallettes …

Out-of-plane seismic response of unreinforced masonry walls: conceptual discussion, research needs, and modeling issues

DP Abrams, O AlShawa, PB Lourenço… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Modeling unreinforced masonry walls, subjected to seismic loads applied normal to their
plane, has received much attention in the past. Yet, there is a general lack of conformance …

A comprehensive in situ and laboratory testing programme supporting seismic risk analysis of URM buildings subjected to induced earthquakes

F Graziotti, A Penna, G Magenes - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2019 - Springer
The reliability of a risk assessment procedure is strictly dependent on the adopted hazard,
exposure, fragility and consequence models. This paper presents the methodology adopted …

Numerical modeling of historic masonry structures

PG Asteris, V Sarhosis, A Mohebkhah… - Handbook of research …, 2015 - igi-global.com
The majority of historical and heritage structures around the world consist of unreinforced
masonry walls. A masonry structure is composed of masonry units, such as brick or marble …

In-plane shear strengthening of traditional unreinforced masonry walls with near surface mounted GFRP bars

A Soleymani, MA Najafgholipour, A Johari… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the effectiveness of Near Surface Mounted (NSM) method, for in-plane shear
strengthening of traditional and historical Unreinforced Masonry (URM) walls, is investigated …

Retrofitting damaged unreinforced masonry using external shear strengthening techniques

E Mustafaraj, Y Yardim - Journal of Building Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The in-plane shear behavior of unreinforced masonry panels retrofitted with three different
techniques was investigated, and in particular the effectiveness of reinforcing methods to …