Numerical Modeling of Masonry and Historical Structures

Bahman Ghiassi is a lecturer (assistant professor) in the faculty of Engineering of the University of Nottingham. He is the author of more than 40 ISI peer-reviewed technical papers. He is on the editorial board of ASCE journal Composites for Construction and International Journal of Masonry Research and Innovation. He also serves as an active reviewer for several international scientific journals and on several international scientific committees (e.g. RILEM TC 250-CSM). Gabriele Milani has been an Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Milano since 2014; previously he was an Assistant Professor (2009-2013), Post -Doctoral Researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ETHZ (2008) and University of Ferrara (2005-2007). His research focuses on masonry modeling and safety assessment of historic masonry in seismic areas. He works on FEM limit analysis, rubber vulcanization and seismic isolation. He has been awarded with the Telford Premium (2012) award by ICE, the Bathe Award (2014) and the most cited author diploma for a paper in Computers and Structures (2006). He has co-authored more than 120 ISI papers and is the 2nd most highly cited author in Scopus under the keyword “masonry”. He is the EIC of a Journal dedicated to masonry (International Journal of Masonry Research and Innovation) and co-editor of a Scopus journal generalist for civil engineering.

• Part I: Seismic vulnerability analysis of masonry and historical structures1. Seismic vulnerability analysis of historical structures2. Seismic performance-based assessment of masonry structures (Perpetuate guidelines)3. Nonlinear time history analysis of masonry for seismic assessment4. Uncertainties in determining the seismic vulnerability of historic masonry buildings5. A framework for the seismic assessment of existing masonry buildings accounting for different sources of uncertainty6. Methods and Challenges for the Seismic Assessment of Historic Masonry StructuresPart II: Numerical modeling of unreinforced masonry7. Mechanical properties8. Macro-modelling technique9. Micro-modelling technique10. Homogenization and quasi periodic masonry11. Limit analysis12. DEM analysis13. Equivalent frame modeling/macro-elementsPart III: Numerical modeling of FRP- strengthened masonry14. FRP strengthened masonry. Delamination and numerical issues15. Homogenization model for pushover analysis of FRP-strengthened masonry16. Pushover analysis of FRP-strengthened masonry: long-term seismic performance simulation17. Dynamic analysis of FRP-strengthened masonryPart III: Modeling and analysis of TRM- strengthened masonry18. Computational modeling of textile reinforced mortars and numerical issues19. Homogenization model for pushover analysis of TRM-strengthened masonry20. Macro-modeling approach for pushover analysis of TRM-strengthened masonry21. Dynamic time-history analysis of TRM- strengthened masonry