Stone masonry elements compose a large number of constructions not only in Portugal but in many other countries. The analysis of such this type of constructions is a complex task, mainly due to the large variability of the material properties. This analysis becomes particularly important when the structures are submitted to dynamic type loads, especially seismic loads. In this paper, an ancient Portuguese XII c...
This work aims to presenting a laboratory test of an existing Azorean stone masonry pier, transported to the Laboratory for Earthquake and Structural Engineering (LESE, FEUP, Porto), exhibiting significant energy dissipation but small displacement capacity. A complete 3D non-linear numerical simulation of the experimental test was also performed for simulating the observed response and good results were obtaine...
Apresenta-se neste trabalho o resultado de um ensaio experimental realizado numa parede de alvenaria irregular de pedra, de duas folhas, executada no laboratório de Engenharia Sísmica e Estrutural (LESE) da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. A parede foi ensaiada com um sistema de ensaio semelhante ao apresentado na referência [1] sob carga axial constante e impondo um deslocamento horizontal cíc...
Understanding how stone masonry structures behave under dynamic horizontal loads yields important information on possible collapse mechanisms and damage progression along the structure. With this in mind a numerical and experimental study was performed concerning the structural behaviour of a stone masonry wall built in situ at the Laboratory of Seismic and Structural Engineering (LESE). The wall was tested und...
This paper presents a numerical and experimental study on the structural behaviour of a stone masonry wall recovered from a house in Faial island, Archipelago of Azores, that collapsed during the 9th July 1998 earthquake. The wall was identified and tested under cyclic horizontal loads at the Laboratory of Seismic and Structural Engineering (LESE) of the Faculty of Engineering of Porto University, to simulate t...
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