North American Masonry Conference (NAMC) Outstanding Paper Awards

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Since the 5th North American Masonry Conference in 1990, awards have been presented to recognize outstanding papers presented at the conference. The following lists past award winning papers. For information on the 11th North American Masonry Conference, click here.

Outstanding Paper Awards Presented at the 10th North American Masonry Conference in 2007

  • Effect of Axial Stress and Aspect Ratio on Lateral Strength of URM Walls by Joshua Steelman and  Daniel P. Abrams

  • Finite Element Modeling of Slender Post-Tensioned Masonry Walls Subject to Out-of-Plane Lateral Loading by Jennifer R. Bean and Arturo E. Schultz

  • Eccentric Loading of Solid Brickwork: Experimental and Theoretical Approaches by A. Brencich, C. Corradi and L. Gambarotta

Papers receiving honorable mention included:

  • Torsion Shear Test for Mortar Joints in Masonry: Preliminary Experimental Results by Mark J. Masia, Yan Han, Christie J. Player, Marcio R. S. Correa and Adrian W. Page

  • Design Performance of a Mid-Rise Reinforced Masonry Building Subjected to Unanticipated Loads by Can C. Simsir, Anurag Jain, Alexis P. Dumortier and Gary C. Hart

  • Behaviour of Wide Cavity Walls under Lateral Loading by Gabi Bertram, Dirk R. W. Martens and Bright Ng'Andu

  • Design Proposal of Confined Masonry Buildings by Angel San Bartolomé and Daniel Quiun

 

Outstanding Paper Awards Presented at the 9th North American Masonry Conference in 2003

  •  Large-Scale Tests of an Unreinforced Masonry Low-Rise Building by Franklin L. Moon, Tianyi Yi, Roberto T. Leon and Lawrence F. Kahn

  • Influence of Diaphragm Flexibility on the Out-Of-Plane Response of Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Walls by Can C. Simsir, Mark A. Aschheim and Daniel P Abrams

  • Numerical Simulation of Buckling in Laterally-Loaded Slender URM Walls by Arturo E. Schultz, Mu Lu, and Henryk K. Stolarski

Papers receiving honorable mention included:

  • Blast Resistance of Un-Reinforced Masonry Walls Retrofitted With Fiber Reinforced Polymers by John J. Myers, Abdeldjelil Belarbi, and Khaled A. El-Domiaty 

  • Capillary Tension, Moisture Retentivity and Masonry Bond by Anne M. Werner, and David Lange

  • Composite Action of Masonry Walls on Steel Lintels Subjected to Concentrated Loads by William A. Wood

  • Design and Retrofit of Concrete Masonry-Infilled Steel Frames Using GFRP Laminates by Ahmad Hamid, Wael W. El-Dakhakhni, and Mohamed Elgaaly


 Outstanding Paper Awards Presented at the 8th North American Masonry Conference in 1999

  • Behavior of Multi-Perforated Clay Brick Walls under Earthquake-Type Loading, Sergio M. Alcocer and Jose Zepeda

  • Seismic Resistance of Masonry-Infilled RC Frames, Armin B. Mehrabi and P. Benson Shing

  • Mechanical Behaviour at Different Ages of Masonry Prisms with Thick Mortar Joints Reproducing a Byzantine Masonry, Luigia Binda, Giulia Baronio, and Christina Tedeschi

  • Long-Term Differential Movements in Masonry Cavitys, Marc D. Kuzik, Alaa E. Elwi, and Michael A. Hatzinikolas

Outstanding Paper Awards Presented at the 7th North American Masonry Conference in 1996

  • Structural Performance of Residential Chimneys in Earthquakes, Matthew J. Scolforo, James E. Amrhein, and John Chrysler

  •  Load Test on Post-Tensioned Masonry Walls, Nebojsa Mojsilovic and Peter Marti

  •  Lateral Force Behavior of Brick Infills with Steel Frames, Stephen P. Schneider, Daniel P. Abrams, and Stephen J. Favieri

  • Evaluation of the Seismic and Wind Resistance of Low-Rise Masonry Buildings, Nina K. Kristeva and Scott D. Schiff

  • An Anisotropic Failure Criterion Suitable for Numerical Implementation, Paulo B. Lourenco and Jan G. Rots

  • Seismic Response Evaluation for Unreinforced Masonry Buildings, Daniel P. Abrams

  •  Evaluation and Analytical Verification of Shaking Table Data from Infilled Frames, Richard E. Klingner, Nestor R. Rubiano, Tarek R. Bashandy, and Steven C. Sweeney

  • Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls with Unbonded Reinforcement, by Alok Madan, Andrei M. Reinhorn, and John B. Mander


Outstanding Paper Awards Presented at the 6th North American Masonry Conference in 1993

  • Preliminary Results from the TCCMAR 5-Story Full-Scale Reinforced Masonry Research Building Test, F. Seible, G. Hegemier, M.J.N. Priestley, G.R. Kingsley, A. Igarashi, and A. Kürkchübasche

  • Transverse Strength of Damaged URM Infills, D.P. Abrams, R. Angel, and J. Uzarski

  • The Seismic Resistance of Historical Urban Buildings, M. Tomazevic, M. Lutman, and P. Weiss

  • The Effects of Reinforcement on Shear Response, M.M.S. Khattab and R.G. Drysdale

  • Analysis of Shear Strength of Reinforced Masonry Walls, P.B. Shing, J. Brunner, and H.R. Lofti


Outstanding Paper Awards Presented at the 5th North American Masonry Conference in 1990

  • Strength & Ductility of Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls, P. B. Shing, M. Schuller, and V.S. Hoskere

  • Masonry Structures in the Chilean Earthquake, R. Villablanca, R. Klingner, R. Mayes, and M. Blondet

  • Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Subassemblages, F. Seible, H.L. LaRovere, and G.R. Kingsley

  • Seismic Response of T-Section Masonry Shear Walls, M.J.N. Priestley and H. Limin

 

 

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