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Annalaura Vuoto, Marco Francesco Funari and Paulo B. Lourenço
Undoubtedly, heritage buildings serve as essential embodiments of the cultural richness and diversity of the world?s states, and their conservation is of the utmost importance. Specifically, the protection of the structural integrity of these buildings i...
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Daniele Sivori, Laura Ierimonti, Ilaria Venanzi, Filippo Ubertini and Serena Cattari
Recent advances in computing performance and simulation tools allow today the development of high-fidelity computational models which accurately reproduce the structural behavor of existing structures. At the same time, advancements in sensing technology...
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Maria Luisa Beconcini, Paolo Formichi, Linda Giresini, Filippo Landi, Benedetta Puccini and Pietro Croce
The assessment of seismic performance of existing masonry structures is a key aspect for the risk mitigation strategies of existing buildings and preservation of historical heritage. The increasing availability of modelling approaches for the assessment ...
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Mislav Stepinac, Dominik Skokandic, Karlo O?ic, Margareta Zidar and Matija Vajdic
In 2020, Croatia was struck by two catastrophic earthquakes, resulting in more than 50,000 damaged structures. The majority of these are masonry buildings, but there are a number of reinforced concrete structures that suffered moderate to extensive damag...
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André Furtado, Hugo Rodrigues and António Arêde
The seismic behavior of the infill masonry infill walls has a significant impact on the global response of reinforced concrete frame structures. One factor influencing its behavior is the existence of openings in the walls, such as doors and windows, whi...
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Maria Giovanna Masciotta and Paulo B. Lourenço
The preservation and seismic risk mitigation of built cultural heritage is considered today as a major priority in the international political agenda. Among the great variety of heritage structures spread worldwide, masonry towers belong to one of the mo...
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Bora Pulatsu, Semih Gonen and Paulo B. Lourenço
Unreinforced masonry structures are susceptible to man-made hazards such as impact and blast loading. However, the literature on this subject mainly focuses on masonry wall behavior, and there is a knowledge gap about the behavior of masonry arches under...
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Francesca Savini, Carlo Rainieri, Giovanni Fabbrocino and Ilaria Trizio
Road networks are disseminated of bridge structures whose typology reflects the time of design and construction of the transportation infrastructure and its relevance in the reference geographical area. Among others, masonry bridges are still widely oper...
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Panuwat Joyklad, Nazam Ali, Salvatore Verre, Hassan M. Magbool, Amr Elnemr, Muhammad Irshad Qureshi, Qudeer Hussain and Krisada Chaiyasarn
In the past, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have been extensively used to modify the structural response of masonry brick walls. The promising advantages of FRP composites are easy application, lightweight, and very high tensile strength. Howe...
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Rafael Shehu
Seismic assessment is a paramount issue and a valuable instrument towards the conservation of vulnerable structures in seismic prone regions. The past seismic events have highlighted the vulnerability of masonry towers that is exhibited by severe structu...
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