2025
Complexity, modelling and global reliability of structural systems
Invited lecture, JCSS workshop Global Reliability of Structures & Code Calibration, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Presentations
Presentations
Invited lectures, conference presentations and workshop contributions — in Europe, North America and Asia.
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Lectures and conference presentations
Listed newest first, and grouped where several talks were given at the same event.
2023
Application of partial factors to actions in case of membrane structures
IASS Annual Symposium 2023, Melbourne, Australia
2021
Analysis and earthquake-resistant strengthening of valuable historical buildings
3rd Symposium on Seismic Rehabilitation of Heritage Structures, Tehran, Iran
2018
The load-bearing capacity of masonry under buckling
International conference “Loleitov Readings – 150”, Moscow, Russia
2017
Buckling of reinforced and unreinforced masonry walls — a unified solution for Eurocode 6
13th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Halifax, Canada
2017
Knicken von Mauerwerk
10. Mauerwerk-Kalender-Tag, Dresden, Germany
2016
Three papers on partial safety factors and the buckling capacity of masonry walls
16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, Padova, Italy
2014
Friedrichswerder Church in Berlin — the response of the structure to construction activities around it
9th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, Mexico City, Mexico
2014
Compressive strength of masonry, and buckling of masonry with low modulus of elasticity
9th International Masonry Conference, Guimarães, Portugal
2013
Global performance of masonry buildings, and the effect of chases and recesses
12th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Vancouver, Canada
2012
Post-failure behaviour of masonry structures — finite–discrete element and XFEM approaches
ANSYS Conference & 30th CADFEM Users’ Meeting, Kassel, Germany
2011
Monitoring of world heritage sites during construction works in their vicinity
STREMAH 2011, Chianciano Terme, Italy
2011
Views, philosophy and experience in retrofitting masonry structures
11th North American Masonry Conference, Minneapolis, USA
2010
Collapse analysis of masonry structures under earthquake actions
The Masonry Society Annual Meeting, Bellevue, WA, USA
2009
Simulation of masonry in ANSYS and LS-DYNA — features and challenges
ANSYS Conference & 27th CADFEM Users’ Meeting, Leipzig, Germany
2009
Earthquake vulnerability of heritage buildings — three lectures
STREMAH 2009 (Tallinn), ISCARSAH Symposium (Mostar), 11th Canadian Masonry Symposium (Toronto)
2008
Collapse analyses as a tool for checking and retrofitting historic buildings against earthquakes
1st International Conference on Seismic Retrofitting, Tabriz, Iran
2007
Collapse analysis of adobe masonry structures — case study: Bam Citadel
STREMAH 2007 (Prague) and ANSYS Conference & 25th CADFEM Users’ Meeting (Dresden)