SGIS – Četrnaesto međunarodno naučno-stručno savetovanje „Ocenja stanja, održavanje i sanacija građevinskih objekata“ – Zbornik II (2026) [114-128]
AUTHOR(S) / AUTOR(I): Anton Gorolomov, Doncho Partov 
, Milen Petkov, Antoaneta Dimitrova
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46793/SGIS26e.114G
ABSTRACT / SAŽETAK:
This paper is a literature review unfolding some traditional and innovative wall-to-floor anchoring methods implemented in unreinforced masonry buildings (URM). It takes into account experimental works, as well as analytical and numerical studies. Out-of-plane failure (OOP) of unreinforced masonry walls is also discussed for being one of the most hazardous seismic impacts on URM structures in medium and high earthquake-prone regions. Efficient and resilient wall-to-floor connections enable global-equilibrium mechanisms that secure the entire box-type behavior. Over the years, timber floors or floor joists have been widely used as horizontal diaphragms in old historical masonry structures, hence fastening connections to the boundary walls of a building are rather crucial to facilitating the internal forces redistribution and to restrain out-of-plane load-bearing-wall failure.
KEYWORDS / KLJUČNE REČI:
out-of-plane failure, masonry, timber floor joists, box-behavior, numerical studies
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT / PROJEKAT:
This article has been considered and compiled as a result of our three-year scientific-research work, on a topic approved for a research study under the National Research and Development Program over the period of 2020-2022, as it was titled: Investigating the overall/ global behavior of types of joinst in historical timber roof structures within multi-story buildings laid of solid masonry when subjected to wind and earthquake loads by using the finite element method. -.sign. 5/2020. Here at, we sincerely express our deep gratitude to the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) for the funding of the research process.
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