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S01 457: ANALYSIS OF PARTIALLY GROUTED MASONRY SHEAR WALLS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

Jeffrey Hung1, Carlos Cruz1, Cristián Sandoval2, and Bennett Banting3 1)  University of Alberta Edmonton, AB (Canada) e-mail: {jeffrey.hung, cruznogu}@ualberta.ca 2)  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile email: csandoval@ing.puc.cl 3)  […]

S01 459:SURVEY, EXPERIMENTAL TESTS AND MECHANICAL MODELING OF THE DOME OF PISA CATHEDRAL: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

Stefano Bennati, Danila Aita, Riccardo Barsotti, Gabriella Caroti, Giuseppe Chellini, Andrea Piemonte, Francesco Barsi, Caterina Traverso 1 Dept. of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Università di Pisa Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2 […]

S01 504: DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVE CONTACT INTERFACE BETWEEN DRY-STACKED MASONRY BLOCKS

S. Agaajani1, D. Waldmann2, and F. Scholzen2 1) ASARS Constructions 24-28, rue Goethe, L-1637 Luxembourg shahriar.agaajani@asars.lu 2)  University of Luxembourg, FSTC 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, L-1359 Luxembourg daniele.waldmann@uni.lu Keywords: Concrete, […]

S01 508: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR THE FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF MASONRY CRACKING

Manuela Scamardo1, Alberto Franchi 2, Pietro Crespi 2 1ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy e-mail: manuela.scamardo@polimi.it 2 ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy {alberto.franchi, pietro.crespi}@polimi.it Keywords: Masonry; Finite […]

S01 536: FINITE ELEMENT MODEL OF DRY-STACK MASONRY SHEAR WALLS

Joseph G. Eixenberger1, and Fernando S. Fonseca2 1)  WDP & Associates 10621 Gateway Blvd., Suite 200 Manassas, VA 20110 USA e-mail: jeixenberger@wdpa.com 2)   Brigham Young University 368R Clyde Building […]

S01 553: ASSESSMENT OF THE SEISMIC VULNERABILITY AT TERRITORIAL SCALE: A NEW STRUCTURAL-TYPOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND DEFINITION OF FRAGILITY CURVES

A. Sandoli1 & B. Calderoni2 1)  Universityof Rome Niccolò Cusano via Don Carlo Gnocchi, 3 e-mail: antonio.sandoli@unicusano.it 2)  University of Naples Federico II via Claudio, 21 calderon@unina.it Keywords:Existing masonry buildings, […]

S01 555: EVALUATION OF COLLAPSE DISPLACEMENTS IN DRY-JOINTED MASONRY STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO SETTLEMENTS: EXPERIMENTAL TESTS AND RIGID BLOCK MODELLING

F. Portioli1, L. Cascini2, R. Gagliardo2, R. Landolfo2 1)  Dept. of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II via Forno Vecchio 36, 80134 Naples, Italy e-mail: fportiol@unina.it […]

S01 559: USING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (DIC) TECHNIQUE TO INVESTIGATE DEFORMATION OF SEMI-INTERLOCKING MASONRY (SIM) PANELS UNDER IN-PLANE LOADING

Md Akhtar Hossain1, Yuri Z. Totoev2, and Mark J. Masia3 1)  PhD Student, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, Email: Md.Akhtar.Hossain@uon.edu.au 2)  Senior Lecturer, […]

S01 568: NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF AN UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDING DAMAGED IN THE 2010-2011 CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE SWARM

Clive Allen1, Dmytro Dizhur2, Mark J. Masia1, and Jason M. Ingham2 1)  The University of Newcastle e-mail: clive.allen@uon.edu.au 2)  The University of Auckland Keywords: Unreinforced Masonry, Finite Element Modelling, Earthquake […]

S01 580: USE OF COMBINATORIAL OPTIMISATION STRATEGIES FOR MODEL UPDATING OF MONITORED BUILDINGS

R. Ceravolo1, G. De Lucia1, E. Lenticchia1, and G. Miraglia1 1)  Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino (TO) e-mail: rosario.ceravolo@polito.it {erica.lenticchia, giulia.delucia, gaetano.miraglia}@polito.it Keywords: Model calibration, […]

S01 583: STRUCTURAL MODELLING OF COMPLEX HISTORIC MASONRY BUILDINGS

Grigor Angjeliu1, Dario Coronelli1, and Giuliana Cardani1 1Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano (Italy) e-mail: {grigor.angjeliu, dario.coronelli, giuiana.cardani}@polimi.it Keywords: Masonry, […]

S01 597: EVALUATING THRUST FORCE INDUCED IN SEMI-INTERLOCKING MASONRY PANEL DURING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ARCHING

Orod. Zarrin1, Yuri Z. Totoev1, and Mark J. Masia1 1) Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308 (Australia) E-mail: {orod.zarrin, yuri.totoev, mark.masia}@newcastle.edu.au Keywords: SIM, […]