Research

Cattari S., Lagomarsino S., Bosiljkov V., D’Ayala D. (2015) Sensitivity analysis for setting up the investigation protocol and defining proper confidence factors for masonry buildings, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 13(1), 129-151.
Penna A. (2015) Seismic assessment of existing and strengthened stone-masonry buildings: critical issues and possible strategies, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 13(4): 1051-1071.
Rota M., Penna A., Magenes G. (2014) A framework for the seismic assessment of existing masonry buildings accounting for different sources of uncertainty, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 43(7): 1045-1066.
Mouyiannou A., Rota M., Penna A., Magenes G. (2014) Identification of suitable limit states from nonlinear dynamic analyses of masonry structures, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 18(2): 231-263.
Robert Rihtarec (2012), Comparative analysis of computer programs for nonlinear seismic analysis of contemporary masonry buildings, EngD thesis.
R Marques, PB Lourenço (2011) Possibilities and comparison of structural component models for the seismic assessment of modern unreinforced masonry buildings, Computers & Structures 89 (21-22), 2079-2091.
PB Lourenço, N Mendes, R Marques (2009) Earthquake design and assessment of masonry structures: review and applications, in BHV Topping, LF Costa Neves, RC Barros (editors), Trends in Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Saxe-Coburg Publications, Stirlingshire, Chapter 4, pp 77-101.