Failure of masonry arches under impulse base motion.

Recent seismic events have caused damage or collapse of invaluable historical buildings, further proving the vulnerability of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures to earthquakes. This study aims to understand failure of masonry arches?typical components of URM historic structures?subjected to horiz...

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Published in:Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 36, 14 (2007).
Main Author: De Lorenzis, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
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