Historical and Masonry Structures
The group consists of 25 PhD members, led by Paulo B. Lourenço and integrated in two clusters. Originally centred in “Historical”, i.e. existing buildings with cultural value, often referred to as architectural heritage (majority in masonry and timber, but also 20th century heritage), and “Masonry”, i.e. new masonry construction.
Overview
Group HMS - Historical Masonry
The group interests are wider, with relevant activity in timber structures, infrastructure management and geotechnical engineering. Conservation of the built heritage includes non-destructive testing and monitoring, advanced experimental characterization, sophisticated numerical simulation tools, earthquake engineering, repair and strengthening techniques, durability, management systems and life cycle analysis.
Re-use of structural masonry and timber aims at developing integral building solutions (all functional requirements) and modular solutions. Infrastructure management has a strong focus on assessment of bridges and transportation networks, including risk management and extreme events. Geotechnics has a focus on ground parameters and performance predictions, namely for rock masses, slope management and railways engineering.
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🚀 ISISE at "Science is Wonderful"! 🎉
ISISE was proud to take part in the annual science fair organized by the European Commission, bringing science closer to the public!
Our members Mayank Mishra, Narges Karimi, and Mohammad Sheikh Hassami were on-site, sharing their passion for research and captivating the audience with their work on "Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality as Guardians of the Past" 🤖🕶️.
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🌟 NEW PAPER 🌟
📝 LEVERAGING SEMANTIC WEB RULE LANGUAGES TO DEFINE MODELING ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS
📓 Journal of Information Technology in Construction
👩🏫 Maria Laura Leonardi, Stefano Cursi, Elena Gigliarelli, Daniel V. Oliveira, Miguel Azenha
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📝 Numerical and fracture mechanics-based simulations of brittle failure modes in dowelled timber connections loaded parallel to the grain
📓 Engineering Structures
👩🏫 Caroline D. Aquino, Michael Schweigler, Leonardo G. Rodrigues, Luis C.M. da Silva, Jorge M. Branco, Thomas K. Bader
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🌟 NEW PAPER 🌟
📝 Probabilistic framework for seismic performance assessment of a multi-span masonry arch bridge employing surrogate modeling techniques
📓 Engineering Structures
👩🏫 Carlos Cabanzo, Nuno Mendes, Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Paulo B. Lourenço, Jose C. Matos
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🌟 On November 11-12, several ISISE members participated in the SUBLime Conference 2024. This conference was a key platform for dissemination of the SUBLime’s results, and a great opportunity to discuss and share on-going research on sustainable masonry systems and other challenges.
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🌟 NEW PAPER 🌟
📝 Artificial intelligence-assisted visual inspection for cultural heritage: State-of-the-art review
📓 Journal of Cultural Heritage
👩🏫 Mayank Mishra, Paulo B. Lourenço
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