[HTML][HTML] Assessment, repair, and retrofitting of masonry structures: A comprehensive review

A Keshmiry, S Hassani, U Dackermann, J Li - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the history of our civilization, masonry structures date back thousands of years.
Considering the different types, geometries, and arrangements of masonry components, as …

Vibration-based tests and results for the evaluation of infill masonry walls influence on the dynamic behaviour of buildings: a review

V Nicoletti, D Arezzo, S Carbonari, F Gara - Archives of Computational …, 2022 - Springer
Tests on infill masonry walls have been widely performed by many researchers and for a
long time with the main purpose of characterising the infill performance under earthquake …

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 …

Estimates for the stiffness, strength and drift capacity of stone masonry walls based on 123 quasi-static cyclic tests reported in the literature

F Vanin, D Zaganelli, A Penna, K Beyer - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
This paper summarises 123 existing quasi-static shear–compression tests on stone masonry
walls and evaluates the results to provide the input required for the displacement-based …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation on the influence of the aspect ratio on the in-plane/out-of-plane interaction for masonry infills in RC frames

MT De Risi, M Di Domenico, P Ricci… - Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The analysis of the behaviour of masonry infills under out-of-plane (OOP) and in-plane (IP)
loading is paramount to correctly assess the seismic performance of reinforced concrete …

Influence of boundary conditions and size effect on the drift capacity of URM walls

S Petry, K Beyer - Engineering structures, 2014 - Elsevier
In codes the drift capacity of unreinforced masonry (URM) walls is often estimated as a
function of the failure mode and the aspect ratio. The empirical relationships are based on …

Empirical drift-fragility functions and loss estimation for infills in reinforced concrete frames under seismic loading

C Del Gaudio, MT De Risi, P Ricci… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2019 - Springer
Earthquakes that have occurred in the last twenty years in the Mediterranean area have had
significant economic and social impacts. Most of the economic losses of reinforced concrete …

Development of a dataset on the in-plane experimental response of URM piers with bricks and blocks

P Morandi, L Albanesi, F Graziotti, TL Piani… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a dataset collecting the results of in-plane cyclic tests on unreinforced masonry
piers, carried out within different research projects, is presented. The dataset includes brick …

Seismic performance evaluation of plastered cellular lightweight concrete (CLC) block masonry walls

K Khan, K Shahzada, A Gul, IU Khan, SM Eldin… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The current research presents a novel and sustainable load-bearing system utilizing cellular
lightweight concrete block masonry walls. These blocks, known for their eco-friendly …

Displacement capacity of contemporary unreinforced masonry walls: an experimental study

AH Salmanpour, N Mojsilović, J Schwartz - Engineering Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
A research project on the displacement capacity of contemporary unreinforced masonry
(URM) walls is underway at the Institute of Structural Engineering of ETH Zurich. The …