Paulo B. Lourenço
University of Minho
957 Papers
2.4K Citations
Paulo B. Lourenço is an academic researcher from University of Minho. The author has contributed to research in topics: Masonry & Unreinforced masonry building. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 872 publications. Previous affiliations of Paulo B. Lourenço include National Autonomous University of Mexico & École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
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Papers
Overview on the nonlinear static procedures and performance-based approach on modern unreinforced masonry buildings with structural irregularity
TL;DR: In this article, the applicability of classical nonlinear static procedures to irregular masonry buildings is investigated and an overview of performance-based static procedures implemented within the framework of the performancebased approach and improvements proposed for its application in masonry building is presented.
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Lateral in-plane seismic response of confined masonry walls: From numerical to backbone models
TL;DR: A parametric numerical study is performed to characterize the lateral in-plane response of CM walls under different variables and to establish a dataset for comparison of engineering demand parameters, towards the proposal of predictive models.
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Numerical homogenization‐based seismic assessment of an English‐bond masonry prototype: Structural level application
TL;DR: The work in this paper was supported by FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology), within ISISE, scholarship SFRH/BD/95086/2013, and was also partly financed by FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors Operational Programme - COMPETE and by national funds through FCT- Foundation for science and technology within the scope of the project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007633.
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A semi-random field finite element method to predict the maximum eccentric compressive load for masonry prisms
TL;DR: In this article, a numerical model based approach to address the associated uncertainty for the prediction of the maximum compressive load of masonry prisms is presented. But the model is not suitable for the analysis of existing structures and the construction of new masonry buildings and the results were compared to the final experimental testing results.
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Spectral algorithm for non-destructive damage localisation: Application to an ancient masonry arch model
TL;DR: In this article, a spectral-based technique is applied to identify the experimental damage induced on a masonry arch through statically increasing loading, which is based on the use of spectral output signals and has been recently validated by the authors through a numerical simulation.
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