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Preliminaries
1. Frictional Contact Analysis of Masonry Bridges, FRP Reinforcement and Estimation of Collapse, G.A. Drosopoulos, G.E. Stavroulakis and C.V. Massalas	1
2. Modelling the Seismic Behaviour of Industrial Masonry Chimneys, F.J. Pallarés, S. Ivorra, L. Pallarés and J.M. Adam	31
3. Numerical Modelling of the Dynamic Behaviour of Masonry Structures, M. Lucchesi, C. Padovani, G. Pasquinelli B. Pintucchi and N. Zani	55
4. Wide Spaced Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls, M. Dhanasekar, N.G. Shrive, A.W. Page and W. Haider	99
5. Structural Characterization of Brick Chimneys, T. Aoki and D. Sabia	127
6. Concrete Block Masonry Prisms under Compressive Loads: Testing and Modelling, M.A. Ramalho and A. Taliercio	157
7. Non-Linear Heat Transfer Analysis of the Performance of Light Concrete Hollow Brick Walls by the Finite Element Method, J.J. del Coz Díaz, P.J. Garcia-Nieto, J.L. Suarez Sierra, F.P. Alvarez Rabanal, A.L. Martinez-Luengas and J. Dominguez-Hernandez	181
8. A Micro-Mechanical Model for the Limit Analysis of Running Bond Masonry: Applications and Validation for In- and Out-of-Plane Loaded Structures, G. Milani and P.B. Lourenco	223
9. Seismic Resistance Evaluation of an Unreinforced Brick Masonry Building by Simulating Earthquake Vibrations through Contained Underground Explosions: A Unique Case Study, A. Qaisar	255
10. Analysis and Design of Membrane Retrofit Concrete Masonry Walls for Blast Loads, L.G. Moradi and J.S. Davidson	279
11. Structural and Reliability Modeling of Masonry Walls subjected to Blast Loads, C. Eamon	309
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