Methods and Approaches for Blind Test Predictions of Out-of-Plane Behavior of Masonry Walls: A Numerical Comparative Study

International Journal of Architectural Heritage

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 59-71

  Mendes, Nuno ^a   Costa, Alexandre A ^b   Lourenço, Paulo B ^a   Bento, Rita ^c   Beyer, Katrin ^d   de Felice, Gianmarco ^e   Gams, Matija ^f   Griffith, Michael C ^g   Ingham, Jason M ^h   Lagomarsino, Sergio ⁱ   Lemos, José V ^j   Liberatore, Domenico ^k   Modena, Claudio ^l   Oliveira, Daniel V ^a   Penna, Andrea ^m   Sorrentino, Luigi ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^j NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^k SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

masonry; numerical analysis; out of plane; predictions; seismic performance

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RETAINING WALLS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MASONRY; MASONRY STRUCTURES; MATERIAL AND GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT; OUT-OF PLANE; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EXPERT SYSTEM; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WALL;

EID: 85004000427     PISSN: 15583058     EISSN: 15583066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2016.1238974     Document Type: Article

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