Numerical block-based simulation of rocking structures using a novel universal viscous damping model

Unreinforced masonry structures, particularly façade walls, are seismically vulnerable due to their weak connections with adjacent walls, floors, and/or roofs. During an earthquake, such walls formulate local mechanisms prone to out-of-plane collapse. This behavior has been largely investigated usin...

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Main Author: Vlachakis, Giorgios (author)
Other Authors: Giouvanidis, Anastasios (author), Mehrotra, Anjali Abhay (author), Lourenço, Paulo B. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/76643
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/76643