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Formulating the in-plane frictional resistances and collapse mechanisms for multi-storey masonry block walls

Luca Umberto Argiento, Alessandra Maione, Claudia Casapulla

In this paper a macro-block model accounting for frictional resistances is presented to assess the lateral strength of a multi-storey masonry block wall. The kinematic approach of limit analysis is used to define the load factor causing…