A non-linear masonry infill macro-model to represent the global behaviour of buildings under cyclic loading

The presence of masonry infill walls in RC buildings is very common. However, and even today, in the design of new buildings and in the assessment of existing ones, these infill walls are usually considered as non-structural elements and their influence in the structural response is generally ignore...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, H. (author)
Other Authors: Varum, H. (author), Costa, A. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/5793
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/5793