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Annalaura Vuoto, Marco Francesco Funari and Paulo B. Lourenço
Undoubtedly, heritage buildings serve as essential embodiments of the cultural richness and diversity of the world?s states, and their conservation is of the utmost importance. Specifically, the protection of the structural integrity of these buildings i...
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Rafael Ramirez, Rosana Muñoz and Paulo B. Lourenço
This paper presents an experimental and analytical methodology for the mechanical characterization of metal anchors in ancient brick masonry walls. The presented results contribute to the identification of the most efficient anchoring systems for strengt...
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Maria Giovanna Masciotta and Paulo B. Lourenço
The preservation and seismic risk mitigation of built cultural heritage is considered today as a major priority in the international political agenda. Among the great variety of heritage structures spread worldwide, masonry towers belong to one of the mo...
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João Leite, Paulo B. Lourenço and Nuno Mendes
Several factors influence the behaviour of masonry infilled frames, which have been the subject of previous research with moderate success. The new generation of European design standards imposes the need to prevent the brittle collapse of infills and ma...
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Arthur S. Rebouças, Zabih Mehdipour, Jorge M. Branco and Paulo B. Lourenço
In the last two decades, high-rise timber buildings have been built using the glulam truss system, even with limited openings. Moment-resisting timber frames (MRTF) with semi-rigid beam-to-column connections can be an architecture-friendly way to provide...
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Zabih Mehdipour, Elisa Poletti, Jorge M. Branco and Paulo B. Lourenço
CLT panels have been investigated for reinforcement of existing masonry-infilled RC framed buildings through the increase of the overall lateral stiffness of the structure, thus reducing the story drift demand. The contribution of CLT panels depends on t...
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Vítor João Pereira Domingues Martinho, Carlos Augusto da Silva Cunha, Maria Lúcia Pato, Paulo Jorge Lourenço Costa, María Carmen Sánchez-Carreira, Nikolaos Georgantzís, Raimundo Nonato Rodrigues and Freddy Coronado
Climate change and global warming interconnected with the new contexts created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have brought serious challenges to national and international organizations, especially in terms of food security and ...
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Antonio Krishnamurti Beleño de Oliveira, Bruna Peres Battemarco, Giuseppe Barbaro, Maria Vitória Ribeiro Gomes, Felipe Manoel Cabral, Ronan de Oliveira Pereira Bezerra, Victória de Araújo Rutigliani, Ianic Bigate Lourenço, Rodrigo Konrad Machado, Osvaldo Moura Rezende, Paulo Canedo de Magalhães, Aline Pires Veról and Marcelo Gomes Miguez
The urban drainage system plays an important role in the urban infrastructure resilience discussion. Its functional failures can trigger cascading effects on other urban systems and critical infrastructures. The main aim of this work is to investigate an...
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Bora Pulatsu, Semih Gonen and Paulo B. Lourenço
Unreinforced masonry structures are susceptible to man-made hazards such as impact and blast loading. However, the literature on this subject mainly focuses on masonry wall behavior, and there is a knowledge gap about the behavior of masonry arches under...
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Abide Asikoglu, Graça Vasconcelos and Paulo B. Lourenço
Performance-based design plays a significant role in the structural and earthquake engineering community to ensure both safety and economic feasibility. Its application to masonry building design/assessment is limited and requires straightforward rules c...
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