Abstract: Eight half-scale confined masonry (CM) walls with and without confinement around the openings were tested under cyclic in-plane loads. Initially, four CM walls, one solid and three having different openings without ...

Abstract: Experimental small-scale modeling of clay brick masonry for behavior up to failure under earthquake-type loads poses many challenges, such as manufacturing of small-scale bricks and creating masonry that not only meets ...

Abstract: The performance of fabric with lime mortar (LM) as the cementitious matrix was investigated for the strengthening of lime masonry wallettes, which were compared with the respective cement-based matrix. Based on the material ...

Abstract: Confined masonry (CM) offers an affordable and seismically safe building typology, which is already a widespread construction technique in several seismically-prone countries, and is currently evolving as a popular ...

Abstract: Seismic bands are frequently employed as an earthquake-resilient technique to enhance the performance of random rubble (RR) stone masonry buildings. This study quantifies the effect of five possible scenarios of roof ...

Abstract: In the present experimental study, six single-story, single-bay half-scale masonry-infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames were tested to evaluate the performance of fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) strengthening ...