Modeling and Testing the Performance of Masonry Structures
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 767
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building structural analysis; structural dynamics; construction engineering; construction; seismic engineering; finite element analysis; concrete technologies; construction materials; civil engineering materials
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Interests: earthquake engineering; existing structures; masonry structures; bridges; retrofitting interventions; steel anchors
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Dear Colleagues,
Masonry structures constitute many important historical buildings, existent bridges, and industrial constructions all over the world. Different typologies of masonry - mainly bricks or stones – are present in constructions with cultural, artistic, and monumental role. These kinds of constructions are in areas only nowadays classified as seismic ones. Therefore, structural improving under seismic actions represents a strategic goal but it requires important issues. The first one is the definition of the masonry’s properties under several points of view as the geometry, the mechanical properties, construction’s details and the boundary conditions. Therefore, appropriate surveys and tests are mandatory. Starting by the knowledge of every masonry elements, the second issue is represented by numerical approaches and mathematical models (considering nonlinear behavior) for reproduce masonry’s behavior and the seismic response in the most truthful manner. Different numerical approaches and constitutive laws could be considered for detecting the most appropriate retrofitting techniques. The present Special issue is aimed to the following topics, including but not limited:
-Static and dynamic tests on masonry elements;
-Non-destructive testing techniques;
-Advanced theoretical and numerical models;
-Constitutive laws for masonry
-Mathematical models for the plasticity in masonry elements;
-Techniques to improve to the seismic response of masonry constructions;
-Smart bricks for strain monitoring.
Dr. Nicola Longarini
Dr. Pietro Giuseppe Crespi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- masonry structures
- laboratory and in-situ tests
- numerical modelling
- non-linear behavior of masonry
- seismic response of masonry structures
- historical masonry buildings
- smart bricks
- retrofitting techniques for masonry structures
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