Equivalent Frame Method Combining Flexural and Shear Responses of Masonry Buildings

== Abstract ==

This  work  presents  the  results  of  quasi-static  non-linear  analyses  of  two 
masonry  buildings using, for the discretization of walls, a macro-element that combines the 
bending and the in-plane shear responses. The macro-element uses the force-based beam-
column element equipped with cross sections discretized in fibers, where the behavior of each 
fiber is described by  uniaxial  constitutive  models.  To  describe  the  shear  response  of  the 
structural  element,  the  macro-element  embeds  a  shear  hinge  at  mid-span,  with  a 
phenomenological  non-linear  constitutive  model  calibrated  on  experimental  data.  The 
analyzed buildings are two tangibles examples of un-reinforced and reinforced masonry of 
the Italian Heritage. The un-reinforced masonry building is a strategic building monitored 
by  the  O.S.S.,  partially  damaged  by  the  seismic  events  in  Center  Italy  in  2016.  The 
reinforced  masonry  building,  a  three-storey residential structure, is subject of evaluations 
carried out in the ReLuis RINTC project, designed as per D.M. 2018.

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