Introduction

This text provides a basis for a standardized approach to structural masonry, using an integration of experimental and computational techniques.

Experimental Data

Accurate displacement-controlled materials experiments have produced an extensive database of strength, stiffness, and softening properties for tension, compression, and shear, and this data has been transferred into numerical models for simulating the deformational behaviour of masonry structures.

Model Implementation and Verification

The models have been implemented into finite and distinct element codes and have subsequently been verified against shear wall experiments and analytical solutions for masonry parts.