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...

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...

This paper presents an accurate and efficient computational strategy for the simulation of coupled masonry structures which combines a partitioned mesoscale modelling approach for brick-masonry components with a mortar mesh tying method for non-conforming interfaces. This allows the independent modelling of the individual structural components and the efficient tying of the subdomains with accu...

A macro-modeling strategy for masonry elements strengthened by using the Composite Reinforced Mortar (CRM) system is presented in paper. The CRM consists application, on walls surface, of a mortar coating reinforced with pre-formed composite meshes, based long fibers, and installation connectors thickness. numerical strategy, developed free, open-source, finite code OOFEM, multi-layer elements,...

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...

We present an image-based pipeline for generating geometrical digital twins (GDTs) of stone masonry elements with detail down to the level. For this purpose, we acquire RGB images individual stones and wall during construction phase. In our framework, use structure from motion (SfM) first generate 3D source destination models, which are then registered form GDT through non-linear least squares ...

In addition to reinforced concrete and steel buildings, a large part of the existing building stock in Europe is made stone masonry. Prediction structural behavior requires development systematic material characterization mechanical properties details (units, arrangement, bonding, inter-connection). This study aims analyze physical stones historical city Gjirokastër, Albania, known also as Ston...

Debris flow is a very destructive natural disaster. This paper presents a novel masonry structure with strong resistance to debris flow—by using walls that are set with braces and filled with straw bricks. This structure was designed according to the concepts of sustainability. In order to study the dynamic response of this novel masonry structure under debris flow, finite element models of dif...