Compression and In-plane Seismic Behaviour of Ashlar Three-leaf Stone Masonry Walls

There is a lack of knowledge regarding the parameters needed for effective seismic performance assessment historical stone masonry buildings. The paper presents results an extensive experimental campaign consisting four compression and fifteen in-plane cyclic shear tests on three-leaf ashlar walls its constituents. morphology, level vertical load, testing boundary conditions were systematically varied, their influence load-bearing deformation capacities, stiffness, ductility energy dissipation was analysed. Good consolidation inner core enables failure mechanism to occur without decisive out-of-plane damage. applied significantly modes large capacities obtained, whereas transverse connections in case do not overall lateral response walls.