Abstract: The significant increase in the number of journal paper submissions/publications in the last decades has been paralleled by a shift to (mainly) on-line publication and digital archiving of past research articles. This ...

Abstract: Complex by nature, infrastructure megaprojects rarely meet stakeholders’ expectations. A key characteristic of such complexity is the interdependence among different project stakeholders (e.g., contractors) where ...

Abstract: Understanding the inelastic seismic response of reinforced masonry shear walls (RMSW) is the first step to develop predictive models of the system-level (i.e., complete building) response under different levels of ...

Abstract: This paper presents a concise state-of-the-art survey on the research work pertaining to the seismic response of reinforced masonry shear walls (RMSW) with a focus on the published research work as of the 1980s on mainly ...

Abstract: The development of models to predict the inelastic behavior of the individual components of a building system at different performance levels is an essential step in performing nonlinear static and dynamic analyses, as ...

Abstract: This paper presents detailed analyses of experimental results pertaining to the cyclic behavior of a reduced-scale reinforced masonry (RM) asymmetric building with walls aligned in two orthogonal directions. The current ...

Abstract: Using boundary elements in reinforced masonry (RM) walls allows closed ties to be used and multiple layers of vertical bars to be accommodated, thus providing a confining reinforcement cage. This enhances the overall ...