In the building construction, framed structures are frequently used due to ease of construction and rapid progress of work. Masonry infill panels have been widely used as interior and exterior partition walls for aesthetic reasons and functional needs. When infill walls are omitted in a particular storey, a soft storey is formed compared to much stiffer other stories. The masonry infill has bee...

Abstract The impact of dewatering on lime mortars modified using brick dust was studied, as it is particular importance in conservation applications. Dewatering takes place when freshly mixed come into contact with a porous substrate, such or stone, during site construction. Since the process between mortar and its substrate can modify properties, understanding enables pozzolan-modified hydrate...

Masonry is among the most widely used construction materials around world. Contemporary masonry buildings are primarily designed to comply with prescriptive building code regulations. In recent decades, performance-based design (PBD) has gained increasing attention and achieved significant success in critical structures or infrastructure systems. Instead of being first mover, research practice ...

In Brazil, ceramic blocks have a significant share of the masonry construction market. Thus, an experimental testing program was devised to determine physical and mechanical properties from different regions Brazil. The included five Brazilian states ten producers, studied were absorption, material density, efflorescence, abrasion, compressive strength, resistance towet-dry cycles. purpose dete...

Abstract. Masonry arch railway bridges represent a historically built heritage to be preserved. The multidisciplinary approach requires the construction of common language, namely creation formal conceptualisation bridge domain that could serve as basis for both adding new layers knowledge in H-BIM modeling and aiding automatic segmentation masonry point clouds, thus supporting semi-automatic i...

Preserving significant buildings not only saves the structure, but it also preserves the history of the United States for future generations. The availability of a fast and cost effective monitoring system could help persuade more people to rehabilitate historic structures rather than building a new structure in its place. The main goals of this study are to develop a wireless sensor network (W...

Masonry is a composite material that can be defined as a material incorporating a visible internal structure and having a low strength in tension. The latter characteristic has shaped most civil engineering structures up to the advent of reinforced concrete and iron/steel. The paper will detail two separate modelling issues: micro-modelling and homogenisation techniques, which represent both a ...