Ochsendorf, J. and Block, P. “Designing unreinforced masonry,” Form and Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures, Chapter 8, by E. Allen and W. Zalewski (Eds.), John Wiley and Sons, 2009.

Ochsendorf, J., Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile. Princeton Architectural Press, 2009.

Ochsendorf, J., Huerta S. and Hernando, J.I. “Análisis a rotura de estribos de fábrica,” Revista de Obras Publicas, Madrid, Vol. 150, pp. 27-42, December 2003.

Ochsendorf, J., Huerta S. and Hernando, J.I. “Collapse of Masonry Buttresses,” Journal of Architectural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 88-97, September 2004.

Kilian, A. and Ochsendorf, J. “Particle Spring Systems for Structural Form Finding,” Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, Vol. 46, No. 2, April 2005.

Nikolinakou, M., Tallon, A., and Ochsendorf, J.A. “Structure and Form of Early Flying Buttresses,” Revue Européenne de Génie Civil, Vol. 9, No 9-10, pp 1191-1217, 2005.

Ochsendorf, J.A. “The Masonry Arch on Spreading Supports,” The Structural Engineer, Institution of Structural Engineers, London, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 29-36, January 2006.

Ochsendorf, J. “Los Guastavino y la Bóveda Tabicada en Norteamérica,” Informes de la Construcción, Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja, Madrid, 2006.

Block, P., DeJong, M., and Ochsendorf, J. "As Hangs the Flexible Line: Equilibrium of Masonry Arches,"
The Nexus Network Journal, Vol. 8, No 2, pp 13-24, October 2006.

Block, P., Ciblac, T., and Ochsendorf, J.A. “Real-time Limit Analysis of Vaulted Masonry Buildings,” Computers and Structures, Vol. 84, No 29-30, pp. 1841-1852, November 2006.

Meyer, P., Ochsendorf, J., Germaine, J., and Kausel, E. “The Impact of High Frequency/Low Energy Seismic Waves on Unreinforced Masonry,” Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 77-94, February 2007.

De Lorenzis, L, DeJong, M, and Ochsendorf, J.  "Failure of masonry arches under impulse base motion," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 36, pp. 2119-2136, June 2007.

Block, P. and Ochsendorf, J. "Thrust Network Analysis: A new methodology for three-dimensional equilibrium," Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, Vol. 48, No 3, pp. 167-173, December 2007.

DeJong, M.J., De Lorenzis, L., Adams, S., and Ochsendorf, J. "Rocking Stability of Masonry Arches in Seismic Regions," Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 847-865, November 2008.

Ochsendorf, J., and De Lorenzis, L. “Failure of Rectangular Masonry Buttresses under Concentrated Loading,” Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Structures and Buildings, (in print).

Romano, A. and Ochsendorf, J. "The Mechanics of Gothic Masonry Arches," Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis, and Restoration, (under review).

Ochsendorf, J., Wharton, T., Demaine, E., and Demaine, M. “When False Arches are True: The Mechanics of Corbelled Arches,” Architectural Research Quarterly, (in preparation).

Lau, W. and Ochsendorf, J. ”Equilibrium Analysis of Masonry Domes,“  Engineering History and Heritage Journal, Institution of Civil Engineers, (in preparation).

Hodge, M., Ochsendorf, J. and Fernandez J., “Quantifying Potential Industrial Symbiosis: A Case Study in Brick Manufacturing,” Journal of Cleaner Production, (in preparation).

Block, P. and Ochsendorf, J. "Thrust network analysis of vaulted masonry structures" International Journal of Architectural Heritage, (in preparation).

Furstenau, J., Lau, W. Block, P. and Ochsendorf, J. "Equilibrium analysis of cracked masonry domes," ICE Engineering and Computational Mechanics, (in preparation).

Ochsendorf, J. and Antuña, J. "Eduardo Torroja and Cerámica Armada," Proceedings of the First International Congress on Construction History, Ed. S. Huerta, Instituto Juan de Herrera, Madrid, Spain, pp. 1527-1536, 2003.

Ochsendorf, J. “A Displacement-Based Approach for the Safety Assessment of Masonry Structures,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, Ed. C. Modena, P. Roca, and P. Lourenco, Padua, Italy, pp. 551-556, 2004.

Block, P. and Ochsendorf, J., “Interactive Thrust Line Analysis for Masonry Structures,” Theory and Practice of Construction: Knowledge, Means, and Models, Ravenna, Italy, Ed. G. Mochi, pp. 473-483, 2005.

Cipriani, B. and Ochsendorf, J. “Construction Techniques in Medieval Cairo: The Domes of Mamluk Mausolea,” Theory and Practice of Construction: Knowledge, Means, and Models, Ravenna, Italy, Ed. G. Mochi, pp. 575-587, 2005.

Ochsendorf, J. “Practice Before Theory: The Use of the Lower Bound Theorem in Structural Design from 1850-1950,” Essays in the History of the Theory of Structures, Ed. S. Huerta, Instituto Juan de Herrera, Madrid, Dec. 2005, pp. 353-366.

Ochsendorf, J. “Engineering Analysis for Construction History: Opportunities and Perils,” Keynote Lecture, Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Construction History, Cambridge, UK, 2006.

Dahmen, J. “Moorish Bridges of Andalucia,” Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Construction History, Cambridge, UK, 2006.

Nikolinakou, M. and Tallon, A. “New Research in Early Gothic Flying Buttresses,” Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Construction History, Cambridge, UK, 2006.

Cipriani, B. and Lau, W. “Construction Techniques in Medieval Cairo: The Domes of Mamluk Mausolea,” Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Construction History, Cambridge, UK, 2006.

DeJong, M., and Ochsendorf, J. "Analysis of vaulted masonry structures subjected to horizontal ground motion", in P.B. Lourenco, P. Roca, C.Modena, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), 5^th Int. Conf. on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, New Delhi, India, Vol. 2, pp 973-980, 2006.

DeJong, M., De Lorenzis, L., and Ochsendorf, J. "Numerial modeling of masonry arch stability under impulse base motion", in M. Papadrakakis et al. (Eds.), ECCOMAS Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, June 2007.

Block, P. and Ochsendorf, J.  "Thrust Network Analysis: A new methodology for three-dimensional equilibrium," in Proceedings of the IASS Symposium 2007, Structural Architecture - Towards the future looking to the past, Venice, Italy, 2007.

Ramage, M., Lau, W.W. and Ochsendorf, J.A.  "Compound curves in thin-shell masonry: analysis and construction of new vaults in the UK," in Proceedings of the IASS Symposium 2007, Structural Architecture - Towards the future looking to the past, Venice, Italy, 2007. 

Block, P. and Ochsendorf, J.  "Lower-bound Analysis of Masonry Vaults," in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Construction, Bath, UK, 2008.

Ochsendorf, J. “Causes and Modes of Structural Degradation,” Proceedings of US-Italy International Workshop on Preservation of Historic Structures with FRP Composites, Lecce, Italy, Jun 2004.

Ochsendorf, J. “Sustainable Structural Design: Lessons from History,” Structural Engineering International, Zurich, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 192-195.

Petrov, G. and Ochsendorf, J. “Building on Mars,” Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 75, No. 10, October 2005, pp. 46-53. 

Block, P. “Equilibrium Systems: Studies in Masonry Structures,” Master of Science in Architecture Studies, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2005.

Lau, W. “Equilibrium Analysis of Masonry Domes,” Master of Science in Building Technology, Department of Architecture , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2006.

Meyer, P. "The Impact of High Frequency/Low Energy Seismic Waves on Unreinforced Masonry," Master of Science in Civil Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2006.

Hodge, M.M. “Quantifying Economic & Environmental Benefits of “Potential,” Industrial Symbiosis in the Brick Industry,” Master of Science in Technology and Policy / Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2007. 

Reese, M. “Structural Analysis and Assessment of Guastavino Vaulting,” Master of Science in Building Technology, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2008.

Block, P. “Thrust Network Analysis: Exploring Three-dimensional Equilibrium,” Doctor of Philosophy in Building Technology, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2009.

DeJong, M.J. “Seismic Assessment Strategies for Masonry Structures,” Doctor of Philosophy in Building Technology, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2009.

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