This study carried out comparative seismic performance of reinforced concrete frames infilled by masonry walls with different heights. Partial and fully infilled reinforced concrete frames were modeled for the research objectives and the analysis model for a bare reinforced concrete frame was also established for comparison. Non–linear static analyses for the studied frames were performed to in...

Masonry panels consisting of piers and spandrels in buildings are vulnerable to in-plane actions caused by seismicity soil subsidence. Tectonic is a safety hazard for masonry structures, whereas low-magnitude induced can be detrimental their durability due the accumulation light damage. This particularly true case unreinforced masonry. Therefore, development models accurate prediction both dama...

Abstract UnReinforced Masonry (URM) buildings constitute the majority of Italian building stock and represent one most vulnerable construction typologies, as emerged during seismic events occurred in last decades. The objective present work is proposal a methodology for vulnerability fragility assessment different typologies URM buildings. Through statistical analysis post-earthquake damage sur...

Laser scanning is being increasingly applied in the documentation of buildings and archaeological sites. The documentation process sometimes involves making an inventory of bricks in walls. This paper proposes an automatic/semi-automatic segmentation method for detecting bricks in walls, in particular masonry walls. In developing the detection method the problems with detecting bricks in a 3D p...