The predictability of masonry arch bridges and their behaviour is widely considered doubtful due to the lack of knowledge about the conditions of a given masonry arch bridge. The assessment methods for masonry arch bridges are MEXE, ARCHIE, RING and Frame Analysis Method. The material properties of the masonry and fill material are extremely difficult to determine accurately. Consequently, it i...

The proposed light-frame structure comprises steel columns for vertical loads and an innovative bracing system to efficiently resist seismic actions. This seismic force resisting system consists of a light timber frame braced with an Oriented Strand Board (OSB) sheet and an external technoprene plaster-infilled slab. Steel brackets are used as foundation and floor connections. Experimental cycl...

An experimental study is conducted on three ½ scales, single-story, single-bay, frame specimens. The first specimen was a reinforced concrete frame with solid-brick infill. The second specimen was a reinforced concrete frame with hollow clay perforated-brick infill. The last specimen was a reinforced concrete frame without any infill. These three specimens were tested by pseudostatic method. Di...

Masonry dwellings and small commercial buildings are located in areas as diverse as Adelaide, Australia, Wellington, New Zealand, and Memphis, Tennessee. The number of these masonry buildings and their design presents a danger to the human population and a potential economic loss when they are subjected to an earthquake. The dwellings of interest are constructed from unreinforced masonry. They ...

Seismic assessments of historical masonry buildings are affected by several sources epistemic uncertainty. These mainly the material and modelling parameters displacement capacity elements. Additional uncertainty lie in non-linear connections, such as wall-to-wall floor-to-wall connections. Latin Hypercube Sampling was performed to create 400 sets 11 parameters. The proposed approach is applied...

A tuned mass rocking wall (TMRW)-frame structure system is proposed to improve the energy dissipation ability of traditional wall-frame system. Based on principle damper (TMD), a TMRW designed with proper and stiffness according dynamic characteristic host structure. Firstly, considering presence inherent structural damping, amplification factor main was derived from equations mechanism. practi...

In this paper evaluation of seismic capacity of a historical building is carried out. It had been used as a national library about 40 years ago. Also, before that, it had been constructed as a part of a Royal complex. This building has been constructed by traditional methods using bricks and mortars. The ceilings system of the structure consists of jack arches. Also, the roof of the building ha...

Infilled frames are usually modelled in the context of global building analysis using simplified procedures without considering aspects resulting from interaction between panel and frame. Other aspects, such as adequate design floor beams beam-columns’ joints, control potential sliding shear failure columns, that significantly affect structural response, also typically not accounted for. In pre...