Outstanding paper award of journal "Materials and Structures" 2020

The paper "The ratio of shear to elastic modulus of in-plane loaded masonry" by Wilding Bastian Valentin, Godio Michele and Katrin Beyer has been selected as an outstanding paper by the Editorial Board of "Materials and Structures". The paper presents closed-form expressions for the G/E ratio of running-bond masonry that capture the effects of finite joint thickness, finite wall thickness and orthotropic block properties. For modern masonry typologies with hollow clay bricks, a G/E ratio of 0.20–0.25 is obtained. For historical masonry typologies, such as dry stacked or mortared stone masonry, as well as solid clay brick masonry, ratios between 0.30 and 0.40 are computed.

Thanks to the award, the paper is available freely:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1617/s11527-020-01464-1