A finite element damage model for the evaluation and rehabilitation of brick masonry shear walls

Constitutive equations for brick masonry, account both de-cohesion and slipping in and failure in bricks, are applied in the finite element analysis of sheer walls. The simulation of experimental results, obtained from a large scale perforated wall, shows the capability of the model to identify the lateral strength, the post-peak response and the hysteretic behavior. The procedure, implemented in a standard FE code, is also applied in evaluating both the dynamic response of sheer walls and the effectiveness of different techniques of structural rehabilitation.