PUBLICATION

Ph.D. Thesis

• • Omar Al Shawa (2012) Dinamica non lineare fuori del piano di pareti murarie Stato dell'arte, Sperimentazione e Mdellazione, Ph D. thesis, Università La Sapienza, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica.

Journal Articles

• AlShawa, O., Liberatore, D. & Sorrentino, L. (2022) Pre- and post-simulations of shake-table tests on a stone masonry building aggregate using finite-discrete elements. Bull Earthquake Eng. DOI:10.1007/s10518-022-01550-5

• Prajapati, S, Destro Bisol, G, AlShawa, O, Sorrentino, L. (2022) Non-linear dynamic model of a two-bodies vertical spanning wall elastically restrained at the top. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. 51: 2627– 2647. DOI:10.1002/eqe.3692

• de Felice, G., Liberatore, D., De Santis, S., Gobbin, F., Roselli, I., Sangirardi, M., AlShawa, O., Sorrentino, L. (2022) Seismic behaviour of rubble masonry: Shake table test and numerical modelling. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 51 (5): 1245-1266. DOI: 10.1002/eqe.3613

• De Santis, S., AlShawa, O., de Felice, G., Gobbin, F., Roselli, I., Sangirardi, M., Sorrentino, L., Liberatore, D. (2021) Low-impact techniques for seismic strengthening fair faced masonry walls. Construction and Building Materials, 307, art. no. 124962. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124962

• Al Shawa, O., Atzori, S., Doglioni, C., Liberatore, D., Sorrentino, L., Tertulliani, A. (2021) Coseismic vertical ground deformations vs. intensity measures: Examples from the Apennines. Engineering Geology, 293, art. no. 106323. DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106323

• Liberatore, L., AlShawa, O. (2021) On the application of the yield-line method to masonry infills subjected to combined in-plane and out-of-plane loads. Structures, 32, pp. 1287-1301. DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2021.03.044

• Alshawa, O., Angelucci, G., Mollaioli, F., Quaranta, G. (2020) Quantification of energy-related parameters for near-fault pulse-like seismic ground motions. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 10 (21), art. no. 7578, pp. 1-17. DOI: 10.3390/app10217578

• Liberatore, L., AlShawa, O., Marson, C., Pasca, M., Sorrentino, L. (2020) Out-of-plane capacity equations for masonry infill walls accounting for openings and boundary conditions. Engineering Structures, 207, art. no. 110198. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110198

• AlShawa, O., Liberatore, L., Liberatore, D., Mollaioli, F., Sorrentino, L. (2019) Seismic Demand on a Unreinforced Masonry Wall Restrained by Elasto-Plastic Tie-Rods Under Earthquake Sequences. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 13 (7), pp. 1124-1141. DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2019.1645239

• Roselli, G., Mirabile Gattia, D., AlShawa, O., Cinaglia, P., Di Girolami, G., Francola, C., Persia, F., Petrucci, E., Piloni, R., Scognamiglio, F., Sorrentino, L., Zamponi, S., Liberatore, D. (2019) Mortar analysis of historic buildings damaged by recent earthquakes in Italy. European Physical Journal Plus, 134 (10), art. no. 540 . DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-13024-2

• Mollaioli, F., AlShawa, O., Liberatore, L., Liberatore, D., Sorrentino, L. (2019) Seismic demand of the 2016–2017 Central Italy earthquakes. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 17 (10), pp. 5399-5427. DOI: 10.1007/s10518-018-0449-y

• Liberatore, D., Doglioni, C., AlShawa, O., Atzori, S., Sorrentino, L. (2019) Effects of coseismic ground vertical motion on masonry constructions damage during the 2016 Amatrice-Norcia (Central Italy) earthquakes. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 120, pp. 423-435. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2019.02.015

• AlShawa, O., Liberatore, D., Sorrentino, L. (2019) Dynamic One-Sided Out-Of-Plane Behavior of Unreinforced-Masonry Wall Restrained by Elasto-Plastic Tie-Rods. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 13 (3), pp. 340-357. DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2018.1563226

• Mirabile Gattia, D., Roselli, G., Alshawa, O., Cinaglia, P., Di Girolami, G., Francola, C., Persia, F., Petrucci, E., Piloni, R., Scognamiglio, F., Sorrentino, L., Zamponi, S., Liberatore, D. (2019) Characterization of historical masonry mortar from sites damaged during the central Italy 2016-2017 seismic sequence: The case study of arquata del Tronto. Annals of Geophysics, 62 (3), art. no. SE341. DOI: 10.4401/ag-8019

• Abrams, D.P., AlShawa, O., Lourenço, P.B., Sorrentino, L. (2017) Out-of-Plane Seismic Response of Unreinforced Masonry Walls: Conceptual Discussion, Research Needs, and Modeling Issues. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 11 (1), pp. 22-30. DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2016.1238977

• AlShawa, O., Sorrentino, L., Liberatore, D. (2017) Simulation Of Shake Table Tests on Out-of-Plane Masonry Buildings. Part (II): Combined Finite-Discrete Elements. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 11 (1), pp. 79-93. DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2016.1237588

• Liberatore, D., Masini, N., Sorrentino, L., Racina, V., Sileo, M., AlShawa, O., Frezza, L. (2016) Static penetration test for historical masonry mortar. Construction and Building Materials, 122, pp. 810-822. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.07.097

• Omar Al Shawa, G. De Felice, A. Mauro, Luigi Sorrentino (2012). Out-of-plane seismic behaviour of rocking masonry walls. EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS, vol. 41, p. 949-968, ISSN: 0098-8847, doi: 10.1002/eqe.1168

• Sorrentino, L., Al Shawa, O., Decanini, L.D. (2011). The relevance of energy damping in unreinforced masonry rocking mechanisms. Experimental and analytic investigations. BULLETIN OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, vol. 9, p. 1617-1642, ISSN: 1570-761X, doi: 10.1007/s10518-011-9291-1

Conference Papers

• • Angelucci, G., Mollaioli, F., Alshawa, O. (2020) Evaluation of optimal lateral resisting systems for tall buildings subject to horizontal loads (2020) Procedia Manufacturing, 44, pp. 457-464. DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2020.02.270

  • Sorrentino, L., AlShawa, O., Liberatore, L., Liberatore, D., Mollaioli, F. (2019) Seismic Demand on Historical Constructions During the 2016–2017 Central Italy Earthquake Sequence. RILEM Bookseries, 18, pp. 1355-1363. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99441-3_145

  • Lucchini, A., Alshawa, O., Sorrentino, L. (2019) Evaluation of fema p-58 overturning fragility curves for freestanding building components. Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, 2019, pp. 203-208. DOI: 10.1201/9780429426506-34

  • Liberatore, L., Marson, C., AlShawa, O., Pasca, M., Sorrentino, L. (2018) Failure of masonry infill walls under out-of-plane loads. Proceedings of the International Masonry Society Conferences, 0 (222279), pp. 78-88.

  • Liberatore, L., Bruno, M., Al Shawa, O., Pasca, M., Sorrentino, L. (2016) Finite-discrete element modelling of masonry infill walls subjected to out-of-plane loads. ECCOMAS Congress 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, 3, pp. 5219-5229. DOI: 10.7712/100016.2175.8924

  • Prajapati, S., Al Shawa, O., Sorrentino, L. (2015). Out-Of-Plane Behaviour of Single-Body Unreinforced-Masonry Wall Restrained by a Flexible Diaphragm. In: COMPDYN 2015 5th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. p. ., Crete Island, Greece, 25–27 May 2015. DOI: 10.7712/120115.3607.1552

  • Sorrentino, L., Alshawa, O., Decanini, L.D. (2014). Experimental investigation of energy damping in masonry mechanisms. In: 2014 International Conference on Future Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering. APPLIED MECHANICS AND MATERIALS, vol. 621, p. 137-142, ISBN: 978-303835196-2, ISSN: 1660-9336, London, UK, June 21-22, 2014, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.621.137.

  • Sorrentino, L., Alshawa, O., Liberatore, D. (2014). Observations of out-of-plane rocking in the oratory of san giuseppe dei minimi during the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake. In: 2014 International Conference on Future Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering. APPLIED MECHANICS AND MATERIALS, vol. 621, p. 101-106, ISBN: 9783038351962, ISSN: 1660-9336, London, UK, June 21-22, 2014, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.621.101.

  • Sorrentino, L., Al Shawa, O., Decanini, L.D. (2012). Experimental Evaluation of Impulsive Energy Damping in Masonry Collapse Mechanisms. In: 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Lisbon, 24-28 September 2012.

  • de Felice, G., Mauro, A., Al Shawa, O., Sorrentino, L. (2012). On the seismic behaviour of out-of-plane loaded masonry walls. In: Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. p. 150-158, Wroclaw:Dolnoslaskie Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne, ISBN: 9788371252167, Wroclaw, Poland, 15-17 October 2012.

  • SORRENTINO, L., RAGLIONE, E., AL SHAWA,O., LIBERATORE, D., DECANINI, L.D. (2012). Oratorio di S. Giuseppe dei Minimi a L’Aquila. Influenza di Condizioni di Vincolo e Moto del Terreno sulla Risposta. In: L’Università e la Ricerca per l’Abruzzo. Il patrimonio culturale dopo il terremoto del 6 aprile 2009. p. 127-130, L’AQUILA:Textus, ISBN: 9788887132809

  • Al Shawa, O., Mauro A., de Felice, G., Sorrentino, L. (2011). Prove su Tavola Vibrante su Pareti Singole e Accostate a Muri Trasversali. Simulazioni Numeriche Preliminari. In: 14 Convegno Nazionale “L’ingegneria sismica in Italia". vol. CD, BARI:Digilabs, ISBN: 9788875220402, Bari, 18-22 settembre 2011.

  • Mauro A., Al Shawa O., de Felice G., Sorrentino L. (2011). Sperimentazione e modellazione del comportamento dinamico di pareti murarie sollecitate fuori dal piano. In: 14 Convegno Nazionale “L’ingegneria sismica in Italia. vol. CD, BARI:Digilabs, ISBN: 9788875220402, Bari, 18-22 settembre 2011.

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