Bowen Zeng, and Yong Li
Bowen Zeng, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada., bzeng1@ualberta.ca
Yong Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
ADVANCED 3D INTERFACE MODEL FOR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY STRUCTURES
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Soraya Roosta and Yi Liu
Soraya Roosta, PhD Candidate, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Soraya.roosta@dal.ca
Yi Liu, Professor, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University,
PRELIMINARY RESULTS IN EVALUATION OF A NEW NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE MASONRY USING ACOUSTICS
Neil Cox, Nicholas Huttemann and Spencer Cox
Neil Cox, CEO, SoundQA Solutions Inc, 6158 Elgin Avenue, Burnaby BC V5H 3S4, neil.cox@soundqa.com
Nicholas Huttemann, Product Engineer, SoundQA Solutions Inc, 6158 Elgin Avenue, Burnaby
FAST GENERATIVE TOOL FOR MASONRY STRUCTURES GEOMETRIES
Nathanaël Savalle, Elham Mousavian, Carla Colombo and Paulo B. Lourenço
Nathanaël Savalle, PhD, University of Minho, University of Minho, ISISE, Department of Civil Engineering, Guimarães, Portugal, n.savalle@civil.uminho.pt
Elham Mousavian,PhD, Department of Structures
FATALITY LOSS ESTIMATION IN THE 2016 L’AQUILA AND 2006 YOGYAKARTA EARTHQUAKE AND THE IMPACT OF MASONRY ON THE LOSSES
John M Nichols
John M Nichols, Associate Professor, Construction Science Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3139 jm-nichols@tamu.edu
ABSTRACT
Masonry is a culturally preferred building product in Indonesia and Italy. The use
NUMERICAL MODELLING OF A FLEXURAL ENERGY DISSIPATION DEVICE FOR CONTROLLED ROCKING MASONRY WALLS
Matthew East, Mohamed Ezzeldin, and Lydell Wiebe
Matthew East, PhD Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L7, Canada, eastma@mcmaster.ca
Mohamed Ezzeldin, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster
A PROPOSED METHOD TO ADDRESS THE LIMITATION ON AXIAL LOAD FOR CONVENTIONAL CONSTRUCTION SHEAR WALLS IN THE 2014 CSA S304
Bennett Banting
Bennett Banting, Director of Technical Services, Canada Masonry Design Centre, 360 Superior Blvd., Mississauga, ON, Canada, Bbanting@canadamasonrycentre.com
ABSTRACT
Design for earthquake forces in Canada underwent major changes at both the national
APPROACHING THE CSA S304-14 DUCTILITY VERIFICATION FROM A SOFTWARE DESIGN PERSPECTIVE
Bradley Crumb
Bradley Crumb, Engineering Technical Resources, Canada Masonry Design Centre, 360 Superior Blvd., Mississauga, ON, Canada, Bcrumb@canadamasonrycentre.com
ABSTRACT
In the process of updating the masonry design software Masonry Analysis Structural Systems (MASS)
INSULATION MATERIALS IN MASONRY BLOCK CAVITIES – DOES THIS HELP FIRE RESISTANCE RATING – FINITE ELEMENT STUDY
Oprite Bobmanuel and Ehab Zalok
Oprite Bobmanuel, MASc Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, oprite.bobmanuel@carleton.ca
Ehab Zalok, Professor, Department of Civil
OUT-OF-PLANE BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCED MASONRY SHEAR WALLS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS
Tarek El-Hashimy, Mohamed Ezzeldin, Wael El-Dakhakhni and Michael Tait
Tarek El-Hashimy, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, AinShams University, Cairo, Egypt, t.hashimy@eng.asu.edu.eg
Mohamed Ezzeldin, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton,