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SUMMARY:Masonry made sexy again: High level research\, professional practi
 ce and innovation - Prof Paulo Laurenco\, University of Minho\, Guimarães
 \, Portugal
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CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:\n     The evolution of structural masonry is briefly reviewed
  in the presentation\, from old thrust line behavior to modern global beha
 vior using shear walls.\n\n     Modern societies understand built cultural
  heritage as a landmark of culture and diversity. Only during the last dec
 ades the idea that ancient buildings could be conserved and reused became 
 appealing. Large investments have been concentrated in this field\, leadin
 g to impressive developments in the areas of inspection\, non-destructive 
 testing\, monitoring and structural analysis of historical constructions. 
 These developments\, and recent guidelines for reuse and conservation\, al
 low for safer\, economical and more adequate remedial measures. The presen
 tation first addresses the issues of the methodology to adopt\, of differe
 nt cases studies and of present challenges.\n\n     For modern structural 
 masonry\, the use of unreinforced\, confined and reinforced masonry is bri
 efly addressed\, discussing the influence of seismic hazard and presenting
  different solutions adopted in developed countries. Recent research on bu
 ilding systems for modern masonry structures is presented\, together with 
 conclusions on the performance of the system for in-plane lateral loading.
  Finally\, the performance of masonry infills and recent shaking table tes
 ts in Portugal are also presented.\n\nBio:\n\nDr Paulo Laurenco is Full Pr
 ofessor in the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC)\, University of Minho
 \, Guimarães\, Portugal\, and coordinator of the Group of Historical and 
 Masonry Structures. He is also Head of the Institute in Sustainability and
  Innovation in Structural Engineering\, with current contracted funding of
  7.5 Million Euro and more than 100 PhD students. He has supervised 45 PhD
  theses and is author of more than 1000 publications\, with an h-index of 
 36. He is experienced in the fields of NDT\, advanced experimental and num
 erical techniques\, innovative strengthening techniques and earthquake eng
 ineering. He has worked as a consultant on several projects\, including mo
 re than one hundred monuments in different countries and has been responsi
 ble for several R&D projects with the masonry industry.       
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, Oatley Room 1
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