Masonry walls are bulky and heavy and have therefore the potential to act naturally as a
protective system to blasts. Yet, they are known to have a limited flexural and torsional …

Despite the vulnerability of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures to out-of-plane (OOP)
loading, computational methods that can efficiently simulate OOP failure at the building …

Unreinforced masonry structures, particularly façade walls, are seismically vulnerable due to
their weak connections with adjacent walls, floors, and/or roofs. During an earthquake, such …

The seismic protection of small and medium historical towns is an important and current
issue in Italy and in many other earthquake prone regions of Europe, where seismic actions …

Traditional unreinforced masonry (URM) constructions still represent an important part of the
school building stock in several low-income countries including Nepal. Unfortunately, their …

Out-of-plane actions cause confined unreinforced masonry walls (URM) to develop what is
known as an arching action. The role of arching is central in the resisting mechanisms of a …

It is well established that unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings develop damage‐forming
collapse mechanisms during high‐intensity earthquakes, with these mechanisms exhibiting …

The performance of force‐based and displacement‐based seismic assessment methods for
the life‐safety limit state check of out‐of‐plane loaded unreinforced masonry walls is …

Abstract Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) is an outstanding factor that influences the linear and
nonlinear performance of any structure, and it can be taken into account as one of the most …

A rigid block model with elasto‐plastic softening interfaces is developed for nonlinear static
analysis of masonry structures subject to monotonic loading. Cracking, crushing, and shear …