Modern masonry structures and earthquakes : reinforced or unreinforced?

The evolution of structural masonry is briefly reviewed, from old thrust line behavior to modern global behavior using shear walls. For modern structural masonry, the use of unreinforced, confined and reinforced masonry is addressed in seismic areas. A first focus is given to recent approaches towar...

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Main Author: Lourenço, Paulo B. (author)
Other Authors: Vasconcelos, Graça (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Building technology
Structural masonry
Static testing
Shaking table
Numerical analysis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26546
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/26546

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26546

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