Building rehabilitation is increasingly important in the construction sector, both to improve functional aspects and for conservation of architectural heritage. Masonry structures are a large portion of the existing building stock and have pr...

As construções em alvenaria estrutural representam uma fração superior a 50% do edificado nacional existente. Apesar do grande desenvolvimento de soluções para alvenaria na Europa, em Portugal esta tipologia sofreu um acentuado declínio. A&#x...

Despite the wide use of masonry buildings in Europe, existing rules for its structural design remain very scattered and lacking in clarity and understandability. Furthermore, since the last version of Eurocode 6 – Part 1-1 (2005),&#...

The seismic behaviour of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures is generally governed by a complex interaction between the out-of-plane and in-plane responses of the walls, depending on the in-plane stiffness of floor/roof diaphragms and ...