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Igor Tomic
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Seismic Testing of Adjacent Interacting Masonry Structures – Analysis of a Blind Prediction
Katrin Beyer, Igor Tomic, Andrea Penna
Masonry aggregates, which emerged as layouts of cities and villages became denser, make up historical centres all over the world. In these aggregates, neighbouring structures may share structural walls that are joined at the interfaces by mortar or interlo ...
Springer2024Lessons learned from a prediction and postdiction of a shake table test on an unreinforced masonry aggregate
Historical centers of Europe and Croatia are often formed by unreinforced masonry building aggregates that developed as the layout of the city or village was densified. In these aggregates, adjacent buildings can share structural walls with an older and a ...
2023Seismic Testing of Adjacent Interacting Masonry Structures
Katrin Beyer, Igor Tomic, Andrea Penna
Masonry buildings form building aggregates around the world in historical centers, which developed as the layout of the city or village densified. In these aggregates, adjacent buildings can share structural walls, connected at the interfaces by interlocki ...
2023Seismic response of historical masonry buildings and aggregates - large-scale experimental testing and macro-element modelling
The seismic analysis of existing unreinforced masonry buildings is a challenging task, troubled by different sources of material and modelling uncertainties. The historical heritage value of a building can further complicate the assessment and design of re ...
EPFL2022Numerical simulations of retrofitting interventions on timber floors in unreinforced masonry
Katrin Beyer, Igor Tomic, Ivana Bozulic
Unreinforced masonry buildings with flexible timber floors are amongst the most vulnerable building typologies for seismic loading. Though flexible diaphragms play a role in the seismic behaviour of unreinforced masonry buildings, the impact of the connect ...
2022Seismic testing of adjacent interacting masonry structures – A pre-diction and a post-diction using equivalent frame approach
The SERA project AIMS (Seismic Testing of Adjacent Interacting Masonry Structures) comprised a blind prediction competition related to a shake-table test of an aggregate of two buildings under two horizontal components of dynamic excitation. Each group was ...
2022Blind predictions of shake table testing of aggregate masonry buildings
Katrin Beyer, Igor Tomic, Andrea Penna
In many historical centers in Europe, stone masonry is part of building aggregates, which developed when the layout of the city or village was densified. The analysis of such building aggregates is very challenging and modelling guidelines missing. Advance ...
2021Seismic testing of adjacent interacting masonry structures
Katrin Beyer, Igor Tomic, Andrea Penna
In many historical centres in Europe, stone masonry buildings are part of building aggregates, which developed when the layout of the city or village was densified. In these aggregates, adjacent buildings share structural walls to support floors and roofs. ...
2021Uncertainties in the Seismic Assessment of Historical Masonry Buildings
Katrin Beyer, Francesco Vanin, Igor Tomic
Seismic assessments of historical masonry buildings are affected by several sources of epistemic uncertainty. These are mainly the material and the modelling parameters and the displacement capacity of the elements. Additional sources of uncertainty lie i ...
2021Numerical Simulation of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings with Timber Diaphragms
Katrin Beyer, Francesco Vanin, Igor Tomic, Ivana Bozulic
Though flexible diaphragms play a role in the seismic behaviour of unreinforced masonry buildings, the effect of the connections between floors and walls is rarely discussed or explicitly modelled when simulating the response of such buildings. These flexi ...
2021