This study investigates the influence of uncertainty in material properties on in-plane lateral behavior and capacity stone masonry walls via a stochastic discontinuum analysis framework. The framework is demonstrated 3D numerical assessment an unreinforced (URM) wall using form Monte Carlo simulations. random parameters considered this are prism compressive strength masonry, tensile units join...

This research presents a comprehensive nonlinear quasi-static seismic assessment of an unreinforced rubble masonry building, Bytown Museum in Ottawa, Canada, using discontinuum-based analyses. In the proposed modeling approach, non-uniform geometrical properties walls are replicated via group rigid polyhedral blocks interacting along their boundaries based on discrete element method (DEM). Once...

Abstract Context Rivers are heterogeneous landscapes characterised by distinct patches separated boundaries. The significance of tributaries as dominant geomorphic boundaries in determining the character river discontinuum is a prevailing, yet largely unscrutinised, paradigm science. Objectives This study examines spatial organisation and strength within network 10 drainage basins Kimberley reg...