First specimens arrived and ready to be tested
The first granite specimens ordered from Granitos do Norte arrived at the university last Thursday. These blocks were first measured to verify that their dimensions
20 October 2020
The first granite specimens ordered from Granitos do Norte arrived at the university last Thursday. These blocks were first measured to verify that their dimensions
A very interesting meeting was held last week at the lab facilities of UMinho. The main focus of the meeting was (i) software development for
Our new visiting professor Dr Mislav Stepinac recently shared with us some of the lessons learned following his experience of conducting a rapid assessment of
The study of the material that will be used for shaking table tests and the preparation of the equipment setup in the laboratory continues. In
The STAND4Heritage project has almost reached one year of life. In few months, the team will have numerous scientific results to share with anyone interested.
50’s day free access link for the publication “Learning from failure: Damage and failure of masonry structures, after the 2017 Lesvos earthquake (Greece)“ The scientific
LEST’s main lab is under renovation in order to prepare for the arrival of the shaking table.The work areas were all redesigned with new markings
A new researcher has recently arrived in UMinho who will be part of the team for the next two months as a visiting member for
The article discusses the performance of masonry structures after the 2017 Lesvos earthquake (Mw=6.3). More specifically, the objective of the study is twofold: to present
Please note that the S4H team will be on holiday from Monday 10th of August.We will be back with more news and updates on the
The Historical and Masonry Structures (HMS) group of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE), University of Minho, Portugal, plans to open
Almost one year after the beginning of the ERC granted project and these strange Covid-19 times, the whole international team has finally met in a
Only funded by EU through ERC // Grant number 833123