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Panuwat Joyklad, Hafiz Ahmad Waqas, Abdul Hafeez, Nazam Ali, Ali Ejaz, Qudeer Hussain, Kaffayatullah Khan, Arissaman Sangthongtong and Panumas Saingam
Many masonry structures are constructed with cement clay interlocking brick (CCIB) due to its added benefits. Recent research has demonstrated the vulnerability of brick masonry walls against seismic loading. Various strengthening materials and technique...
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Rafael Ramirez, Rosana Muñoz and Paulo B. Lourenço
This paper presents an experimental and analytical methodology for the mechanical characterization of metal anchors in ancient brick masonry walls. The presented results contribute to the identification of the most efficient anchoring systems for strengt...
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Ioulios Tselios, Elizabeth Vintzileou, Despina Karagiannaki, Konstantinos Christidis, Vasiliki Palieraki and Georg Welz
This paper presents a part of an extensive experimental campaign performed at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) with the purpose of investigating the behavior of chemical anchors embedded in solid brick masonry. Anchors are tested in ten...
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Ta Quy Hung, Mitsuo Mizoguchi and Yuya Takase
Every year, Vietnam faces typhoons accompanied by strong winds. Semi-permanent houses are severely damaged by these winds. We researched a strengthening method using a Polypropylen (PP) band to prevent housing damage caused by strong winds. In this study...
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Roneh Glenn D. Libre Jr., Julius L. Leaño Jr., Luis Felipe Lopez, Carlo Joseph D. Cacanando, Michael Angelo B. Promentilla, Ernesto J. Guades, Lessandro Estelito O. Garciano and Jason Maximino C. Ongpeng
Old structures that are made of adobe or brick walls are usually unreinforced and not designed for lateral forces. In-plane loads applied to unreinforced masonry walls (URM) are the usual cause of damage and failure of old buildings. In this research, sm...
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Viaceslav Zigmund, Jurgita Antucheviciene and Darius Migilinskas
This research aims to promote a new cost-saving method for rebuilding old masonry brickwork façade by installing a suspended brickwork system. This research introduces a case study for rebuilding masonry façade by applying MCDM (multiple-criteria decisio...
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Ana Isabel Marques, João Gomes Ferreira, Paulo Candeias and Maria do Rosário Veiga
Old masonry buildings, which are frequently part of the cities-built heritage, are vulnerable to seismic actions. Thus, it is important to conduct efficient seismic strengthening interventions that allow maintenance of the existing building to minimize t...
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Ariunaa Ganbaatar, Takuro Mori, Ryo Inoue and Sunjidmaa Danzandorj
There are many ways to strengthen an unreinforced brick masonry wall. One of the strengthening methods applies timber, which is a lightweight and easy installation. The connection between the timber and the brick masonry wall plays an important role. In ...
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José V. Lemos and Vasilis Sarhosis
A detailed modelling approach to represent masonry at the meso-scale is proposed, based on the discrete element method, considering the nonlinear behavior of the joints and the units. The fracture of units is represented by the bonded-block concept, in w...
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Qiang Li, Jun Zhang, Rui Wang, Jing Liu and Ping Li
The keel brick wall belongs to the rural residential exterior wall unique to the southeast coastal region of China. The wooden keel inside the wall and the external tie members can improve the stability of the whole wall. However, due to the age of const...
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