Abstract: Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings, largely found in Euroasian regions, are particularly vulnerable to in-plane shear failures during seismic events due to the poor shear capacity of masonry walls. In the case of historical ...

Abstract: Although recent efforts have been made to understand the behavior of RC members subjected to cyclic biaxial bending, the experimental data available in the literature are still limited for making conclusions about the ...

Abstract: The increasing attention of governments and insurance companies toward the evaluation of tsunamis’ impacts on coastal communities led to a renewed interest in assessing the behavior of existing buildings under onshore ...