Briefly, structural masonry is a construction system in which the walls of the building perform a structural function, using masonry units arranged in a way that is self-supporting and load-bearing.

Department of Materials Mechanics, Management and Design, Section of Applied Mechanics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands Historical quay walls constructed in unreinforced masonry are ...

Modal testing is one of the most effective experimental techniques for the structural health monitoring of masonry constructions, as it provides useful information for the calibration of structural ...

In the urban residential building stock, a major proportion is constituted by low-rise individual buildings. In addition to cost, quality and duration, energy consumed for the project needs to be ...

The present study assesses conventionally used design standards, analyzing the effects caused by the construction loads, that is, a gradual increase in load and stiffness during construction, and soil ...

This study presents a computational model to analyze structural masonry shear walls behavior considering the effects of mortar joint cracking on loss of stiffness. The simplified equivalent frame ...