Unreinforced masonry structure is one of the most popularly used constructions in the world, especially in developing countries. It is also unfortunately, the most vulnerable to the earthquake and its damage has caused ...

Unreinforced masonry is one of the most popular construction materials in the world. It is also unfortunately, the most vulnerable against earthquakes. Damage to unreinforced masonry buildings has caused huge number of ...

Unreinforced masonry structure is one of the most popularly used constructions in the world, especially in developing countries. It is also unfortunately, the most vulnerable to the earthquake and its damage has caused ...

Adobe/masonry houses are the most seismic vulnerable structures. It is indispensable to retrofit them economically and efficiently to prevent future human casualties. PP-band mesh retrofitting has been proposed for this ...

In this study, we have proposed a new 3-D Applied Element Method (AEM) as an analysis tool for understanding the polypropylene band retrofitted masonry behavior which will be benefit in the future design process and increase ...

Unreinforced masonry is one of the most popular construction materials in the world. It is also unfortunately, the most vulnerable against earthquakes. Damage to unreinforced masonry buildings has caused huge number of ...

Masonry, through its long history, is widespread used around the world and still remains a main building material in many places especially developing countries. However a poorly designed masonry is known as brittle ...

Retrofitting of low earthquake-resistant masonry structures is the key issue for earthquake disaster mitigation in developing countries because it is the only way to significantly reduce casualties in future events. ...