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13th Canadian Masonry Symposium Papers - Full List
IMPACT OF STONE MASONRY MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ON SEISMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS
Marie-José Nollet, Ahmad Abo El Ezz, Pascal Moretti and Éric Boldireff Marie-José Nollet, Professor, Department of Construction Engineering, École de technologie supérieure, 1100 Notre-Dame St. W., Montreal, QC, Canada, marie-jose.nollet@etsmtl.ca…
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COMPARISON OF MASONRY CURING SYSTEMS
Antonio Incera, Andrés Reyes, and Minor Murillo Antonio Incera, Dipl.-Ing., Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, Civil Engineering Department, Heredia, Costa Rica Andrés Reyes,Professor and researcher Universidad Latina de Costa Rica,…
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A RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY FOR EXISTING MASONRY STRUCTURES
Setare Seyedain Boroujeni, and Nigel Shrive Setare Seyedain Boroujeni, Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, setare.seyedain@gmail.com…
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INFILL MASONRY INTERACTION WITH A SURROUNDING FRAME UNDER INPLANE LOADING
Alex Brodsky, Oded Rabinovitch, and David Z. Yankelevsky Alex Brodsky, PhD student, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel, brod@technion.ac.il Oded Rabinovitch, Professor,…
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BEHAVIOR OF MASONRY INFILL WALLS IN CASE OF FAILURE OF A SUPPORTING COLUMN
Alex Brodsky, Oded Rabinovitch, and David Z. Yankelevsky Alex Brodsky, PhD student, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel, brod@technion.ac.il Oded Rabinovitch, Professor,…
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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSVERSAL STEEL CONNECTORS APPLIED ON MULTI-LEAF WALLS
Giulio Castori, Antonio Borri, Marco Corradi and Righetti Luca Giulio Castori, Researcher, Dept. of Engineering, Perugia University, Via Duranti, 92 06125 Perugia, Italy giulio.castori@unipg.it Antonio Borri, Professor, Dept. of Engineering,…
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NON-FUNICULAR MASONRY DOMES
Emanuel Jannasch Emanuel Jannasch, Senior Instructor, Dalhousie University School of Architecture, 5410 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS, Canada, jannasch@dal.ca ABSTRACT The author and his students have built several counter-intuitive and…
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PERFORMANCE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES WITH UNREINFORCED MASONRY INFILL DURING THE 2016 ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE
Arturo E. Schultz Arturo E. Schultz, Prof., Dept. of Civil, Envir., and Geo- Engrg., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 55455, schul088@umn.edu ABSTRACT On 16 April 2016, a magnitude (Mw) 7.8…
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IN-PLANE CYCLIC BEHAVIOR OF SEMI INTERLOCKING MASONRY PANEL UNDER LARGE DRIFT
Md Akhtar Hossain, Yuri Zarevich Totoev, Mark J. Masia and Mark Friend Md Akhtar Hossain, PhD Student, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, The University of Newcastle, Australia, Md.Akhtar.Hossain@uon.edu.au Yuri…
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SIMPLIFIED DESIGN PROCEDURES FOR UNREINFORCED MASONRY STRUCTURES
René Mazur and Carl-Alexander Graubner René Mazur, Research Assistant, Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures, Technische Universität Darmstadt, FranziskaBraun-Straße 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany, mazur@massivbau.tu-darmstadt.de Carl-Alexander Graubner, Professor, Institute of Concrete…
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LATERAL LOAD BEHAVIOR OF MASONRY VENEER WITH ADVANCED WOOD FRAMING
Michael McGinnis, Michael Gangone and Brad Weldon Michael McGinnis, Interim Dean, University of Texas at Tyler, Department of Civil Engineering, 3900 University Boulevard., Tyler TX 75799 USA, mmcginnis@uttyler.edu Michael Gangone,…
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BUCKLING OF REINFORCED AND UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS – A UNIFIED SOLUTION FOR EUROCODE 6
Tammam Bakeer and Wolfram Jäger Tammam Bakeer, Dr.-Ing. Research associate, Chair of structural design, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany, Email.: tammam.bakeer@tu-dresden.de Wolfram Jäger, Prof. Dr.-Ing., Chair of structural design,…
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COMPARISON OF AVAILABLE EXPRESSIONS IN PREDICTING THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF SELF-CENTRING MASONRY WALLS
Reza Hassanli, Mohamed ElGawady and Julie Mills Reza Hassanli, Lecturer, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, SA, Australia, e-mail: reza.hassanli@unisa.edu.au Mohamed ElGawady, Associate Professor, Civil, Arch.…
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MODELLING OF SHEAR TESTS WITH DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
Huina1 Pan, Andrea Isfeld and Nigel Shrive Huina1 Pan, Master’s candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, 2500 University Drive NW, AB, Canada, Canada, hpan@ucalgary.ca Andrea Isfeld, Postdoctoral…
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NUMERICAL MODELING OF CAVITY-WALL URM BUILDINGS
Kallioras, S.1; Graziotti, F.2; Penna, A.3 and Magenes, G.4 1 Ph.D. Student, UME Graduate School, IUSS Pavia, Piazza della Vittoria 15, 27100 Pavia, Italy, stylianos.kallioras@iusspavia.it 2 Assistant Professor, Department of…
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USE OF ACCELEROMETER TECHNOLOGY FOR QUANTIFYING CONDITION OF MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES
John Nichols, Adrienn Tomor and Andrea Benedetti John Nichols, Associate Professor, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, Department of Construction Science, Francis Hall 302, 400 Bizzell St, TX 77843,…
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SLENDER UNREINFORCED MASONRY MEMBERS UNDER AXIAL LOAD AND BIAXIAL BENDING
Valentin Förster and Carl-Alexander Graubner Valentin Förster, Research Assistant, Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures, Technische Universität Darmstadt, FranziskaBraun-Straße 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany, foerster@massivbau.tudarmstadt.de Carl-Alexander Graubner, Professor, Institute of Concrete…
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MODELLING OF THE CYCLIC RESPONSE OF AN UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALL THROUGH A FORCE BASED BEAM ELEMENT
Francesco Vanin, João Almeida, and Katrin Beyer Francesco Vanin, PhD candidate, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), francesco.vanin@epfl.ch João Almeida, Post-doctoral researcher, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), joao.almeida@epfl.ch Katrin Beyer,…
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RANDOM-FRACTAL-METHOD-BASED GENERATION OF MESO-MODEL FOR CONCRETE HOLLOW BLOCK
Xu Yang, Fenglai Wang, and Bin Chi Xu Yang, School of Civil Engineering Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China Fenglai Wang, Key Lab of Structures Dynamic Behavior and Control of…
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DEBUNKING MASONRY MAINTENANCE
J. Eric Peterson and Steven Treser J. Eric Peterson, Principal, WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc., 10621 Gateway Blvd., Suite 200, Manassas, VA, USA, EPeterson@wdpa.com Steven Treser, Senior Architectural Engineer,…
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EVALUATION OF ATYPICAL SULFATE ATTACK OR A NEW FORM OF MORTAR DETERIORATION
Andrew Smith Andrew Smith, Programme Leader, Clay, Cement & Concrete Technologies, Mineral Products Centre, University of Derby, Enterprise Centre, Bridge Street, Derby, DE1 3LD, UK, a.smith5@derby.ac.uk ABSTRACT Sulfate attack of…
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON TEXTILE REINFORCED MASONRY WALLS SUBJECTED TO LATERAL LOADING
Dorothea Saenger and Michael Raupach Dorothea Saenger, Masonry Research Engineer, Dipl.-Ing., RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Building Materials Research, 52062 Aachen, Germany, saenger@ibac.rwth-aachen.de Michael Raupach, Professor and Head of Institute,…
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RESTORATION OF HERITAGE BRICK CLOCK TOWER
Kevin Hughes Kevin Hughes, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., CAHP, Structural Engineer, Tacoma Engineers Inc., 570 Bryne Drive, Unit L, Ontario, Canada, khughes@tacomaengineers.com ABSTRACT This paper is a case study of the restoration…
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CURRENT METHODOLOGIES OF OUT-OF-PLANE SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS: EVALUATION THROUGH REFINED MODEL SIMULATIONS
Michele Godio and Katrin Beyer Michele Godio, Postdoctoral researcher, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Laboratory (EESD), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL),…
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EVALUATION OF THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF HISTORIC MASS MASONRY WALLS UTILIZING IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS
Rex Cyphers, Annette Cyphers and Jodi Knorowski Rex Cyphers, Principal, WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc., 335 Greenbrier Drive, Suite 205, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA, rcyphers@wdpa.com. Annette Cyphers, Director of…
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CANADIAN SOFTWARE FOR THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF ENGINEERED MASONRY
Bradley Crumb Bradley Crumb, Masonry Design Engineer, Canada Masonry Design Centre, 360 Superior Blvd., Mississauga, ON, Canada, BCrumb@canadamasonrycentre.com ABSTRACT Masonry Analysis Structural Systems (MASS™) is a design software package which…
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ASSESSMENT OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL OF CONCRETE BLOCKS WITH AN ACCELERATED ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE CHAMBER
Chloe Yan Chan, Karl Peterson, Lucas Herzog Bromerchenkel, Maria Dittrich, and Sean Monkman Chloe Yan Chan, Karl Peterson, M.A.Sc. Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George…
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COMPARISON BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND BRAZILIAN STANDARD APPROACHES IN THE DESIGN OF MASONRY WALLS AND COLUMNS CONSIDERING LOCAL SECOND ORDER EFFECTS
Igor Araújo, Joel Araújo do Nascimento Neto and Guilherme Aris Parsekian Igor Araújo, Civil Engineer, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 3000 Senador Salgado Filho Avenue., Natal, RN, Brazil,…
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EFFECT OF CHANGING VERTICAL REINFORCEMENT RATIO AND LEVEL OF AXIAL STRESS ON THE LATERAL RESPONSE OF REINFORCED MASONRY SHEAR WALLS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS
Layane Hamzeh, Ahmed Ashour and Khaled Galal Layane Hamzeh, PhD Student, Concordia University, Building, Civil and Environmental Eng., 1515 Ste-Catherine Street West, Montréal, QC, Canada,l_hamze@encs.concordia.ca Ahmed Ashour, Assistant Professor Faculty…
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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HISTORIC VITRIFIED PAVING BRICK FROM THE STREETS OF SOFIA
Edvard P. G. Bruun, Olga Kovaleva and Karl Peterson Edvard P. G. Bruun, MASc. Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, Edvard.bruun@mail.utoronto.ca…
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EFFECTS OF FLANGED BOUNDARY ELEMENTS ON THE RESPONSE OF SLENDER REINFORCED MASONRY SHEAR WALLS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
B.R. Robazza, S. Brzev, T.Y. Yang, K.J. Elwood, D.L. Anderson, and W. McEwen, B.R. Robazza, Corresponding author, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Eng., Univ. of British Columbia (UBC) 2329 W…
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INFLUENCE OF MATERIAL SPATIAL VARIABILITY ON THE RELIABILITY OF MASONRY WALLS IN COMPRESSION
Dominik Müller, Valentin Förster and Carl-Alexander Graubner Dominik Müller, Research Assistant, Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures, Technische Universität Darmstadt, FranziskaBraun-Straße 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany, mueller@massivbau.tu-darmstadt.de Valentin Förster, Research Assistant,…
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SHAKING TABLE TEST ON A FULL-SCALE UNREINFORCED CLAY MASONRY BUILDING WITH FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGMS
Graziotti, F.1; Guerrini, G.2; Kallioras, S.3; Marchesi, B.4; Rossi, A.5; Tomassetti, U.6; Penna, A.7 and Magenes, G.8 1 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAr), University of Pavia…
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RESPONSE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE MASONRY WALLS TO ECCENTRIC COMPRESSION
Manicka Dhanasekar, Mengli Song and Jake Ring Manicka Dhanasekar, Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, m.dhanasekar@qut.edu.au Mengli Song, PhD Student, School of…
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PRELIMINARY STUDY OF MODIFIED TYPE M MORTAR AS A GROUT-LIKE SUBSTITUTE IN CONCRETE MASONRY WALLS WITH SPLICED REINFORCEMENT
Aleksandar Kisin and Lisa R. Feldman Aleksandar Kisin, Masonry Design Coordinator, Canada Masonry Design Centre – Saskatchewan Office, 300-701 Broadway, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, skisin@canadamasonrycentre.com Lisa R. Feldman, Associate Professor, Department…
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ANALYTICAL MODELLING OF THE OUT-OF-PLANE BEHAVIOUR OF CFRP AND DUCTILE ADHESIVE REINFORCED CLAY BRICK MASONRY WALLS
S.N.M. Wijte, Ö.S. Türkmen, A.T. Vermeltfoort and D.R.W. Martens S.N.M. Wijte, Full Professor, Department of the Built Environment, Section Structural Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, P,O, Box 513, 5600 MB,…
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EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE THE OUT-OF-PLANE BEHAVIOUR OF CFRP AND DUCTILE ADHESIVE REINFORCED CLAY BRICK MASONRY WALLS
Ö.S. Türkmen, A.T.Vermeltfoort, S.N.M. Wijte and D.R.W. Martens Ö.S. Türkmen, PhD Candidate, Department of the Built Environment, Section Structural Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, P,O, Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven,…
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LOAD-DISPLACEMENT BACKBONE MODEL FOR FLEXURE-DOMINATED REINFORCED MASONRY SHEAR WALLS
Ahmed Ashour and Khaled Galal Ahmed Ashour, Assistant Professor, Cairo University, Dept. of Civil Eng., Cairo, Egypt. Former Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3G 2W1, eng.ahmed3ashour@gmail.com Khaled Galal,…
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PRELIMINARY TESTS ON THE LATERAL LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY OF SLENDER MASONRY WALLS
A.T. Vermeltfoort and D.R.W. Martens A.T. Vermeltfoort, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, a.t.vermeltfoort@tue.nl D.R.W. Martens, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, d.r.w.martens@tue.nl ABSTRACT The lateral load bearing capacity of…
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DRAFT REVIEW OF INDUSTRY GUIDANCE FOR MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES
Adrienn K. Tomor, and Joseph M. Packhem Adrienn K. Tomor, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Frenchay Campus, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK, Adrienn.tomor@uwe.ac.uk Joseph M. Packhem, Piers Engineers,…
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ANALYSIS OF MASONRY SHEAR WALLS USING STRUT-AND-TIES MODELS
Fonseca, Fernando S.1 and Dillon, Patrick B.2 1 Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA, fonseca@byu.edu 2 Staff Engineer II, WPD &…
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SHEAR AND TENSILE BOND STRENGTH OF MANUFACTURED STONE VENEER UNITS INDIVIDUALLY SECURED BY MORTAR ADHESION
Hagel, Mark1; Isfeld, Andrea2 and Rizaee, Samira3 1 Executive Director, Alberta Masonry Council, Suite# 205, 2725 – 12 Street NE, Calgary, AB, Canada, markhagel@albertamasonrycouncil.ca 2 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Civil…
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INITIAL DESIGN METHOD FOR THIN MASONRY VENEERS INDIVIDUALLY SECURED BY MORTAR ADHESION
Hagel, Mark1; Isfeld, Andrea2 and Rizaee, Samira3 1 Executive Director, Alberta Masonry Council, Suite# 205, 2725 – 12 Street NE, Calgary, AB, Canada, markhagel@albertamasonrycouncil.ca 2 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Civil…
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EVALUATION OF A REINFORCED BLOCK WALL SLENDERNESS LIMIT BASED ON RADIUS OF GYRATION
Hagel, Mark1; Cruz-Noguez, Carlos2; Woods, Josh3 and Pettit, Clayton4 1 Executive Director, Alberta Masonry Council, Calgary, AB, Canada, markhagel@albertamasonrycouncil.ca 2 Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Department of Civil engineering, 7-306…
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL FOR MASONRY INFILLED RC FRAMES SUBJECTED TO OUT-OF-PLANE LOADING
Nasiri, Ehsan1 and Liu, Yi2 1 PhD Candidate, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, 5248 Morris St., Halifax, NS, Canada, Ehsan.Nasiri@dal.ca 2 Professor, Department of Civil and Resource…
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THE NEW CSA S304-14 DESIGN OF MASONRY STRUCTURES: PART 2 DISCUSSION OF SEISMIC CHANGES TO THE STANDARD
Banting, Bennett;1 Drysdale, Robert;2 El-Dakhakhni, Wael3 and Stubbs, David4 1 Masonry Research and Development Engineer, Canada Masonry Design Centre, 360 Superior Blvd., Mississauga, ON, Canada, Bbanting@canadamasonrycentre.com 2 Chair, CSA S304…
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THE NEW CSA S304-14 DESIGN OF MASONRY STRUCTURES: PART 1 DISCUSSION OF NON-SEISMIC CHANGES TO THE STANDARD
Drysdale, Robert1; Banting, Bennett2 and Stubbs, David3 1 Chair, CSA S304 and Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, drysdale@mcmaster.ca 2 Masonry Research and Development Engineer,…
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APPLICATION OF DEEP LEARNING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR MAPPING CRACKING PATTERNS OF MASONRY PANELS WITH OPENINGS
Glushakova, Iuliia1; Zhang, Yu2 and Zhou, Guangchun3 1 Ph.D. Candidate, Key Lab of Structures Dynamic Behavior and Control of Ministry of Education, Key Lab of Smart Prevention and Mitigation of…
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TESTING AND FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF CONCRETE BLOCK MASONRY IN COMPRESSION
Isfeld, Andrea1; Rizaee, Samira2; Hagel, Mark3; Kaheh, Pedram4 and Shrive, Nigel5 1 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, 2500 University Drive NW, AB, Canada, Canada, acisfeld@ucalgary.ca…
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INCREASED DURABILITY OF REPOINTING IN HISTORICAL MASONRY – ENGINEERING MODEL AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
Westermann, Carolin1; Wigger, Heinrich2 and Schulz, Jens-Uwe3 1 Research Associate and Ph.D. Candidate, Jade University of Applied Sciences, Ofener Str. 16/19, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany, carolin.westermann@jade-hs.de 2 Professor and Head of…
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IMPROVING ON-SITE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT WITH PERMEABLE INTERLOCKING CONCRETE PAVEMENTS
Sehgal, Kirti1 and Drake, Jennifer2 1 PhD Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S1A4; kirti.sehgal@mail.utoronto.ca 2 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil…
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APPLICATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION TEST METHOD FOR ITALIAN MASONRY: MASONRY QUALITY INDEX (MQI) METHOD
Fanale, Lorenzo1; Galeota, Dante2 and Pietrucci, Antonio3 1 Masonry Research and Development Engineering, Department of Civil Engineer, University of L’Aquila, Italy, lorenzo.fanale@drims.it 2 Full professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University…
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REEVALUATION OF THE CURRENT NORTH AMERICAN SHEAR STRENGTH EQUATIONS
Dillon, Patrick B.1 and Fonseca, Fernando S.2 1 Staff Engineer II, WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc., 335 Greenbrier Dr., Suite 205, Charlottesville, VA, 22901, USA, pdillon@wdpa.com 2 Associate Professor,…
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UNCERTAINTY IN PARTIALLY GROUTED MASONRY SHEAR STRENGTH PREDICTIONS
Dillon, Patrick B.1 and Fonseca, Fernando S.2 1 Staff Engineer II, WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc., 335 Greenbrier Dr., Suite 205, Charlottesville, VA, 22901, USA, pdillon@wdpa.com 2 Associate Professor,…
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON AN ARCH MASONRY BRIDGE
Bartolomei, Viktor1; Wigger, Heinrich2 and Schulz, Jens-Uwe3 1 Research Associate and Ph.D. Candidate, Jade University of Applied Sciences, Ofener Straße 16/19, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany, viktor.bartolomei@jade-hs.de 2 Professor and Head of…
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THE EFFECT OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL THERMAL MASS ON THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF AUSTRALIAN HOUSING
Alterman, Dariusz1; Page, Adrian W.2; Zhang, Congcong3 and Moghtaderi, Behdad4 1 Senior Research Fellow, The University of Newcastle, Priority Research Centre for Frontier Energy Technologies & Utilisation, Australia, dariusz.alterman@newcastle.edu.au 2…
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THE DYNAMIC THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF MASONRY WALLING SYSTEMS
Dariusz Alterman1; Adrian W. Page2; Congcong Zhang3 and Behdad Moghtaderi4 1 Senior Research Fellow, The University of Newcastle, Priority Research Centre for Frontier Energy Technologies & Utilisation, Australia, dariusz.alterman@newcastle.edu.au 2…
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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SRCMU MASONRY WALLS WITH NSM REINFORCEMENT IN OUT-OF-PLANE FLEXURE
Sparling, Adrien1; Palermo, Dan2 and Hashemian, Fariborz3 1 PhD Student, Civil Engineering, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON, Canada, adriensp@yorku.ca 2 Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, York University, 4700 Keele…
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SEISMIC COLLAPSE EVALUATION OF REINFORCED MASONRY CORE WALL SYSTEMS
Hosseinzadeh, Shadman1; Aly, Nader2; Ashour, Ahmed3 and Galal, Khaled4 1 PhD student, Dept. of Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1M8, Canada. E-mail: shad_hos@encs.concordia.ca 2 PhD…
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NUMERICAL MODELLING AND PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF A HYBRID UNREINFORCED MASONRY-REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL STRUCTURE
Frederickx, Florian1; Vandoren, Bram2 and Degée, Hervé3 1 PhD student, Hasselt University, Construction Engineering Research Group, Hasselt, Belgium, florian.frederickx@uhasselt.be 2 Assistant Professor, Hasselt University, Construction Engineering Research Group, Hasselt, Belgium,…
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TOWARDS A CONSISTENT AND ECONOMICAL DESIGN OF SHELF ANGLES
Dillon, Patrick B.1 Staff Engineer II, WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc., 335 Greenbrier Dr., Suite 205, Charlottesville, VA, 22901, USA, pdillon@wdpa.com ABSTRACT Energy code requirements for buildings have increasingly…
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FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF UNREINFORCED LATTICE MASONRY WALLS SUBJECTED TO LATERAL OUT-OF-PLANE LOADING
Masia, Mark1; Simundic, Goran2 and Page, Adrian3 1 Associate Professor, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia, mark.masia@newcastle.edu.au 2 Structural Testing Manager, Centre…
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EFFECT OF BOUNDARY ELEMENTS CONFINEMENT LEVEL ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF REINFORCED MASONRY STRUCTURAL WALLS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS
Albutainy, Mohammed1; Ashour, Ahmed2 and Galal, Khaled3 1 PhD Student, Concordia University, Dept. Building, Civil and Environmental Eng., 1515 St-Catherine St. W, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3G 2W1, m_albuta@encs.concordia.ca 2 Postdoctoral…
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INFLUENCE OF THE LOADING HISTORY ON THE IN-PLANE FORCE-DISPLACEMENT RESPONSE OF URM WALLS
Wilding, Bastian Valentin1; Dolatshahi, Kiarash2 and Beyer, Katrin3 1 PhD Student, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Laboratory (EESD), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, bastian.wilding@epfl.ch 2 Assistant…
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DYNAMIC THERMAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS OF CLAY BRICK MASONRY
Sanders, John1; Carrier, Jerry2; Clark, Jr., Charles3 and Huygen, Nathaniel4 1 Director, The National Brick Research Center, Clemson University, 100 Clemson Research Blvd, Anderson SC, 29625, United States, jpsand@clemson.edu 2…
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ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR ANALYSIS OF IN-PLANE SHEAR STRENGTH OF PARTIALLY GROUTED MASONRY SHEAR WALLS
Hung, Jeffrey1; Cruz-Noguez, Carlos2, and Zhao, Ruihan3 1 M.Sc. Student, University of Alberta, 116 St & 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB, Canada, jrhung@ualberta.ca 2 Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, 116 St…
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HYBRID SIMULATION WITH DYNAMIC SUBSTRUCTURING OF MASONRY STRUCTURES: A NUMERICAL STUDY
Abbiati, Giuseppe1; Miraglia, Gaetano2; Mojsilović, Nebojša3 and Stojadinović, Božidar4 1 Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Structural Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich., Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, Switzerland, abbiati@ibk.baug.ethz.ch 2 PhD student, DAD, Department of…
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QUANTIFICATION OF NON-STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS INDUCED BY GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR EXPLORATION USING QUASI-STATIC CYCLIC TESTS
Didier, Max1; Abbiati, Giuseppe1; Broccardo, Marco1; Beyer, Katrin2; Danciu, Laurentiu3; Petrović, Miloš1; Mojsilović, Nebojša1 and Stojadinović, Božidar1 1 Institute of Structural Engineering (IBK), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich,…
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LIGHTWEIGHT GROUT MIX DESIGN
Polanco, Hannah1; Fonseca, Fernando S.2 and Eggett, Dennis L.3 1 Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA, hannahpolanco@gmail.com 2 Associate Professor, Department…
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DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION AND SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF HISTORIC MASONRY STRUCTURE OF RUMI DARWAZA
Singh, Amanpreet1 and Rai, Durgesh C.2 1 Graduate Student, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA, ams082@eng.ucsd.edu 2 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian…
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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE WATER ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM SILICATE MASONRY UNITS ON THE MORTAR PROPERTIES IN THE JOINT
Graubohm, Markus1; Raupach, Michael2 and Brameshuber, Wolfgang†3 1 Masonry Research Engineer, Dipl.-Ing., RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Building Materials Research, Chair of Building Materials, 52062 Aachen, Germany, graubohm@ibac.rwth-aachen.de 2 Professor…
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NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS WITH OPENINGS SUBJECTED TO IN-PLANE SHEAR
Allen, Clive1; Masia, Mark2; Page, Adrian3; Griffith, Michael4 and Ingham, Jason5 1 PhD Student, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia,…
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EMPIRICAL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME WITH MASONRY INFILL BUILDINGS IN THE CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE
Fikri, Rijalul1; Dizhur, Dmytro2 and Ingham, Jason3 1 PhD Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand, rfik982@aucklanduni.ac.nz 2 Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,…
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BEHAVIOUR OF MASONRY WALLS AT CORNERS UNDER LATERAL LOADS
Bansal, Nitin1 and Rai, Durgesh.C.2 1 Frm. Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, nitinbansal64@gmail.com 2 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian…
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TORNADO & HIGH WIND SHELTERING WITH MASONRY
McGinley, W. Mark1; Throop, Diane, B. 2 and Coulbourne, William, L.3 1 Professor, PE, Ph.D, F.ASTM, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville KY, 40292, USA, m.mcginley@lousiville.edu.…
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IN-PLANE AND OUT-OF-PLANE PERFORMANCE OF MASONRY INFILL STRENGTHENED WITH FABRIC REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS MATRIX
Sagar, S. Lalit1; Singhal, Vaibhav2 and Rai, Durgesh C.3 1 Former Graduate Student, Dept. of Civil Eng, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, India, lalithsagar@gmail.com 2 Assistant Professor, Dept.…
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COMPARISON BETWEEN PREDICTED URM WALL OUT-OF-PLANE STRENGTHBASED CAPACITY AND IN SITU PROOF TEST RESULTS
Walsh, Kevin1,2; Dizhur, Dmytro1,3; Giongo, Ivan4; Derakhshan, Hossein5 and Ingham, Jason1 1 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand, kwal137@aucklanduni.ac.nz, ddiz001@aucklanduni.ac.nz, j.ingham@auckland.ac.nz 2 Frost Engineering and…
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IN-PLANE LOADING TESTS FOR CONFINED AND INFILLED MASONRY PANELS IN RC FRAMES WITH ECCENTRIC DOOR OPENINGS
Tu, Yi-Hsuan1; Lin, Yu-Syuan2; Tsai, Min-Shin3 and Chiou, Tsung-Chih4 1 Associate Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Department of Architecture, 701 Tainan, Taiwan, yhtu@mail.ncku.edu.tw 2 Master of Science, National Cheng Kung…
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TOWARDS THE EVALUATION OF EMPIRICAL AND RATIONAL DESIGN PROVISIONS FOR UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS
Rezaeivahdati, Amir1 and Feldman, Lisa R.2 1 M.Sc. Student, University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A9, amr277@mail.usask.ca 2 Associate Professor…
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SEQUENTIALLY LINEAR ANALYSIS ON MASONRY WALLS – NEW CRACK CLOSURE ALGORITHM
Pari, Manimaran1; Hendriks, M.A.N2 and Rots, J.G3 1 PhD Researcher, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, M.Pari@tudelft.nl 2 Assoc. Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands & Professor, Norwegian University…
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A COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL RESULTS OF UNGROUTED BLOCK WALLS WITH UNBONDED REINFORCEMENT
Miranda, Henry1; Feldman, Lisa R.2 and Sparling, Bruce F.3 1 Ph.D. Candidate, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, hpm916@mail.usask.ca 2 Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Geological, and…
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EUROPEAN PROCEDURES FOR SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF URM STRUCTURES
Karantoni, Fillitsa1 and Pantazopoulou, Stavroula2 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, karmar@upatras.gr 2 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada, pantazo@yorku.ca ABSTRACT…
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CYCLIC BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS MANUFACTURED WITH RECYCLED TIRES AS AN AGGREGATE
Gheni, Ahmed1; ElGawady, Mohamed2 and Myers, John3 1 PhD candidate, Civil, Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1401 N. Pine Street, aagmr6@mst.edu 2…
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THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS MANUFACTURED USING RECYCLED TIRES AS AN AGGREGATE
Gheni, Ahmed1; ElGawady, Mohamed2 and Myers, John3 1 PhD candidate, Civil, Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1401 N. Pine Street, aagmr6@mst.edu 2…
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PROPOSED BACKBONE MODEL FOR REINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS WITHOUT AND WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS
Ezzeldin, Mohamed1; El-Dakhakhni, Wael2 and Wiebe, Lydell3 1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L7, Canada, ezzeldms@mcmaster.ca 2 Martini Mascarin and George Chair in Masonry…
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MODELING OF REINFORCED MASONRY WALLS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS UNDER BLAST LOADING
El-Hashimy, Tarek1; Campidelli, Manuel2; Tait, Michael3 and El-Dakhakhni, Wael4 1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada, elhashth@mcmaster.ca 2 Research Coordinator, Department…
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NEW DESIGN DETAIL FOR PARTIALLY-GROUTED MASONRY WALLS
Bolhassani, Mohammad1 and Hamid, A. Ahmad2 1 Research fellow, Department of Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University,Philadelphia, PA, mb3238@drexel.edu. 2 Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel…
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PRACTICAL CONCERNS FOR JACKING AND SHORING MASONRY STRUCTURES
Biggs, David1 1 Principal, Biggs Consulting Engineering, 26F Congress St, #305, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, biggsconsulting@att.net ABSTRACT Building movement or structural distress may sometimes cause settlement and cracking of…
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A FORCE-BASED MACRO-MODEL FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE MASONRY WALLS SUBJECTED TO QUASI-STATIC LATERAL LOADING
Bedeir, Hassan1; Shedid, Marwan2; Okail, Hussein3 and Hamdy, Osama4 1 Assistant Teacher, Structural Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, hassan.bedeir@eng.asu.edu.eg 2 Associate Professor, Structural Engineering Department, Ain Shams University,…
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SEISMIC PERFORMANCE AND HEIGHT LIMITS OF DUCTILE REINFORCED MASONRY SHEAR WALL BUILDINGS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS
Aly, Nader1; Ashour, Ahmed2 and Galal, Khaled3 1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, n_aly@encs.concordia.ca 2 Assistant Professor, Cairo University, Dept. of…
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IMPROVING HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS: A NEW TOOLKIT
Alwasel, Abdullatif1; Ryu, Juhyeong2; Abdel-Rahman, Eihab3 and Haas, Carl4 1 Ph.D., Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W., Waterloo, ON, Canada, aalwasel@uwaterloo.ca 2 Ph.D. Student,…
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ANALYSIS OF AREAS OF UNBONDED STUCCO USING PLATE MECHANICS
Aguirre, Patricia1 and Innocenzi, Matthew2 1 Senior Engineer, Building Technology Consultants, Inc., 1845 East Rand Rd. Suite L-100, Arlington Heights, IL, United States, paguirre@btc.expert 2 Principal, Nick Innocenzi & Sons…
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ANALYSIS OF THE 15TH CENTURY BELL TOWER, ST. NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Righetti, Luca1; Corradi, Marco2; Lim, Michael3; Charlton, James4; Dundas, Matthew5 and Amess, Leon6 1 PhD candidate, Dept. of Mechanical & Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, Wynne-Jones Building,NE1 8ST Newcastle Upon Tyne,…
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AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF POSTINSTALLED REINFORCED CONCRETE-MASONRY COMPOSITE WALL
Lu, Xilin1; Li, Xin2; Zhou, Bin 3 and Ren, Xiaosong 4 1 Professor, Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China, lxlst@tongji.edu.cn 2 Ph.D., Research…
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REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF CAPACITY OF SLENDER CONCRETE MASONRY WALLS
Müller, Anna Louisa1; Isfeld, Andrea2; Hagel, Mark3 and Shrive, Nigel4 1 Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, anna_l_mueller@gmx.de 2…
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RELIABILITY OF UNREINFORCED CONCRETE MASONRY WALLS BOUNDED BY REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES
Rahimi, Reza1; Fenton, Gordon A.2 and Liu, Yi3 1 Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, 5248 Morris St., Halifax, NS, Canada, reza.rahimi@dal.ca 2 Professor, Department of…
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REALISTIC WIND LOADS ON REINFORCED MASONRY WALLS
Tissera, Nipun1 and Sparling, Bruce2 1 Masters Student Candidate, Department of Civil & Geological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, tissera.n@usask.ca 2 Professor, Department of Civil…
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ARCHING EFFECT IN LATERALLY LOADED URM WALLS
Martens, Dirk R.W.1 and Vermeltfoort, Ad T. 2 1 Full Professor, Chair of Masonry Structures, Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, d.r.w.martens@tue.nl 2 Associate Professor, Chair of…
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DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELLING OF MULTI-RING BRICKWORK MASONRY ARCHES
Kassotakis, Nicko1; Sarhosis, Vasilis2; Forgács, Tamás3 and Bagi, Katalin4 1 PhD student, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, n.kassotakis2@newcastle.ac.uk 2 Assistant Professor, School of…
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COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE MASONRY WITH RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED FIBER REINFORCEMENT
Hewes, Joshua1 and Brumit, Tyler2 1 Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 15600, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, Joshua.hewes@nau.edu 2 Field Engineer, CB&I, 1051 Alder Way Unit 411, Evans, GA, USA,…
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NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE IN-PLANE BEHAVIOUR OF CONCRETE MASONRY INFILLED RC FRAMES UNDER QUASI-STATIC CYCLIC LOADING
Rahimi, Reza1 and Liu, Yi2 1 Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, 5248 Morris St., Halifax, NS, Canada, reza.rahimi@dal.ca 2 Professor and Department Head, Department of…
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MASONRY INFILLED RC FRAMES SUBJECTED TO OUT-OF-PLANE LOADING
Sepasdar, Reza1 and Liu, Yi2 1 Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, 5248 Morris St., Halifax, NS, Canada, reza.sepasdar@dal.ca 2 Professor, Department of Civil and Resource…
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SIMPLIFIED SMEARED AREA COMPRESSION MODEL FOR CALCULATING COMPRESSION STRENGTH OF HOLLOW CONCRETE BLOCK MASONRY
Hunt, B.R.1 and Sherwood, E.G.2 1 PhD Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada, bradley.hunt@carleton.ca 2 Assistant Professor, Department…
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OUT-OF-PLANE FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF REINFORCED DRY-STACK WALLS
Eixenberger, Joseph1 and Fonseca, S. Fernando2 1 PhD Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham Young University, 368 Clyde Building Provo, UT 84602, USA, eixenb86@byu.net 2 Professor, Department of…
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SEISMIC STRENGTHENING OF HOLLOW CONCRETE MASONRY WALLS USING ECO-FRIENDLY DUCTILE CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES (EDCC)
Kaheh, Pedram1 and Shrive, Nigel2 1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW., Calgary, AB, Canada, pkaheh@ucalgary.ca 2 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University…
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DO RAKED JOINTS AFFECT THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF CONCRETE MASONRY? – NUMERICAL STUDY
Keelson, Hannah1 and Zalok, Ehab2 1 MASc. Candidate, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada,hannahkeelson@cmail.carleton.ca 2 Associate Professor, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa, ON,…
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BEHAVIOUR OF STACK PATTERN MASONRY BEAMS
Zohrehheydariha, Jamshid1; Das, Sreekanta2 and Banting, Bennett3 1 PhD Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, ON, Canada, zohreh@uwindsor.ca 2 Professor, Department of…
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CAPACITY OF DRY-STACK MASONRY WALL WITH BUNDLED BARS
Eixenberger, Joseph1 and Fonseca, Fernando S.2 1 PhD Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham Young University, 368 Clyde Building Provo, UT 84602, USA, eixenb86@byu.net 2 Associate Professor, Department…
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SIMPLIFIED APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING THE ENVELOPE RESPONSE OF UNBONDED-POSTTENSIONED MASONRY SHEAR WALLS
Kalliontzis, Dimitrios1; Schultz, Arturo2 and Sri Sritharan3 1 Ph. D. Student, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, 55455, kalli072@umn.edu 2 Professor,…
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RESISTANCE OF MASONRY VENEER WALLS AGAINST RAIN PENETRATION
Gigla, Birger1 1 Prof. Dr.-Ing., Full Professor, University of Applied Sciences Lübeck, Germany, gigla@fh-luebeck.de ABSTRACT The resistance of masonry veneer walls against rain penetration has been a design issue since…
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ISSUES WITH MASONRY AND FIRE: SPALLING AND THERMAL BOWING
Pope, Hamish1 and Zalok, Ehab2 1 PhD Candidate, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON, Canada, HamishPope@cmail.carleton.ca 2 Associate Professor, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON, Canada,…
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STABILIZED COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION ON THE JEMEZ PUEBLO
Trujillo, Nicole1; Emiroglu, Mehmet2; Bowen, Tom3; Stormont, John4 and Reda Taha, Mahmoud5 1 Former Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico, nbtrujillo@unm.edu; Design Engineer, Reid Middleton, San…
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SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF REINFORCED MASONRY WALLS STRENGTHENED WITH FRCM SUBJECTED TO CYCLIC LOADING
Al-Jaberi, Zuhair1; Myers, John2 and ElGawady, Mohamed3 1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil, Architectural &Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1401 North Pine Street, Rolla, MO 65409, USA,…
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COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND FAILURE MODE OF AXIALLY LOADED HOLLOW CONCRETE BLOCK MASONRY
Lübeck, André1; Mohamad, Gihad2; Fonseca, Fernando S. 3; Modler, Luis E. 4 and Schmidt, Raquel P. B. 5 1 PhD student in Civil Engineer, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil,…
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TALL MASONRY WALLS WITH IN-LINE BOUNDARY ELEMENTS
Entz, Joseph1; Cruz Noguez, Carlos2; Guzmán Sánchez, Odín3 and Banting, Bennett4 1 MSc student, University of Alberta, 116th St. & 85th Ave., Edmonton, AB, Canada, jentz@ualberta.ca 2 Assistant Professor, University…
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SECURING SOLUTIONS FOR FACE-LOADED CLAY BRICK URM WALLS
Dizhur, Dmytro1; Giaretton, Marta2; Crowe, Kevin3; Cleaver, Timothy4 nand Ingham, Jason5 1 Lecturer, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Eng., University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1023, New Zealand, ddiz001@aucklanduni.ac.nz…
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ICA CATHEDRAL, PERU: SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND STRENGTHENING
Ciocci, Maria Pia1; Sharma, Satyadhrik2 and Lourenço, Paulo B.3 1 PhD Student, ISISE, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal, mariapiaciocci@gmail.com 2 PhD Student, ROSE…
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INFLUENCE OF OPENINGS ON QUASI-STATIC CYCLIC BEHAVIOUR OF PARTIALLY GROUTED MASONRY WALLS
Fortes, Ernesto S.1; Parsekian, Guilherme A. 2; Fonseca, Fernando S. 3 and Shrive, Nigel G.4 1 PhD, Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, km…
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PERFORMANCE OF REINFORCED MASONRY WALLS STRENGTHENED WITH FRP COMPOSITE EXPOSED TO COMBINED ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Al-Jaberi, Zuhair1; Myers, John2 and ElGawady, Mohammed3 1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil, Architectural &Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1401 North Pine Street, Rolla, MO 65409, USA,…
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DISPLACEMENT BASED MODELLING OF OUT-OF-PLANE BEHAVIOUR OF VERTICALLY SPANNING UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS
Padalu, Pravin Kumar Venkat Rao1; Singh, Yogendra2 and Das, Sreekanta3 1 Research Scholar, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, ppkvr49@gmail.com 2 Professor and Head, Department of…
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THE 2016 TMS 402-602 CODE REQUIREMENTS & SPECIFICATION: WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHY
Bennett, R.M.1; Pierson, D.L. 2; Dalrymple, G.A.3 and Samblanet, P.J.4 1 Professor, University of Tennessee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Knoxville, TN, 37996,USA, rmbennett@utk.edu 2 2 Principal, ARW Engineers,…
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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF CLAY BLOCK PRISMS FILLED WITH MORTAR
Nascimento, Marcio R.1; Fonseca, Fernando S.2 and Roman, Humberto R.3 1 Assistant Professor, Catholic University of Santa Catarina, Civil Engineering Department, Joinville, Brazil, 2 Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, Department…
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STRENGTHENING AND REPAIR OF MASONRY UNDER COMPRESSIVE LOAD AND TESTING OF EDCC-STRENGTHENED PRISMS
Soudais, Pierre René Norbert1; Parsekian, Guilherme Aris2; Shrive, Nigel Graham3; Liu, Zhaoju Rick4 and Kaheh, Pedram5 1 PhD Candidate, Federal University of São Carlos, Department of Civil Engineering, São Carlos,…
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MODELLING OF MASONRY INFILL WALLS WITH AND WITHOUT OPENINGS
McGinley, W. Mark1 and Nemati, Farid2 1 Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville KY, 40292, USA, m.mcginley@lousiville.edu. 2 Former Ph. D. Student, Department of Civil…
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FLEXURAL RESPONSE OF REINFORCED MASONRY BEAMS WITH CEMENT MORTAR AS BED JOINT
Munjal, Pankaj1 and Singh, S. B.2 1Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, pankaj710munjal@gmail.com 2Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, sbsinghbits@gmail.com ABSTRACT…
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