Francesco Messali

706 total citations
44 papers, 479 citations indexed

About

Francesco Messali is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Messali has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 479 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 11 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Francesco Messali's work include Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (37 papers), Seismic Performance and Analysis (20 papers) and Civil and Structural Engineering Research (12 papers). Francesco Messali is often cited by papers focused on Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (37 papers), Seismic Performance and Analysis (20 papers) and Civil and Structural Engineering Research (12 papers). Francesco Messali collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and Portugal. Francesco Messali's co-authors include J.G. Rots, Rita Esposito, Giovanni Metelli, Geert Ravenshorst, Giovanni Plizzari, Antonio Maria D’Altri, Giovanni Castellazzi, Stefano de Miranda, Paolo Riva and H.R. Schipper and has published in prestigious journals such as Construction and Building Materials, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering and Engineering Structures.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Messali

39 papers receiving 463 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesco Messali Netherlands 11 459 225 166 27 25 44 479
António Sousa Gago Portugal 13 384 0.8× 212 0.9× 159 1.0× 21 0.8× 21 0.8× 26 440
Luca Umberto Argiento Italy 11 417 0.9× 137 0.6× 126 0.8× 18 0.7× 23 0.9× 26 443
Nebojša Mojsilović Switzerland 13 447 1.0× 233 1.0× 153 0.9× 17 0.6× 47 1.9× 32 461
Rita Esposito Netherlands 14 485 1.1× 225 1.0× 120 0.7× 55 2.0× 21 0.8× 56 539
Rui Marques Portugal 12 639 1.4× 257 1.1× 204 1.2× 19 0.7× 37 1.5× 29 681
Michele Angiolilli Italy 13 360 0.8× 155 0.7× 141 0.8× 20 0.7× 8 0.3× 23 383
Giuseppe Brandonisio Italy 15 731 1.6× 194 0.9× 132 0.8× 31 1.1× 57 2.3× 42 767
Giulia Misseri Italy 13 487 1.1× 266 1.2× 179 1.1× 19 0.7× 34 1.4× 25 524
Massimo Petracca Italy 9 404 0.9× 176 0.8× 114 0.7× 60 2.2× 24 1.0× 20 439
Paulo Candeias Portugal 11 336 0.7× 111 0.5× 109 0.7× 9 0.3× 36 1.4× 40 379

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Messali

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All Works

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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2026). Cyclic constitutive model for masonry joint damage and energy dissipation using the distinct element method. Computers & Structures. 321. 108094–108094.
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Lanese, Igor, et al.. (2025). Experimental data from out-of-plane shake-table tests on unreinforced masonry gables. Earthquake Spectra. 41(5). 4227–4245.
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D’Altri, Antonio Maria, et al.. (2025). Challenges in High‐Fidelity Implicit Block‐Based Numerical Simulation of Dynamic Out‐of‐Plane Two‐Way Bending in Unreinforced Brick Masonry Walls. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 54(7). 1836–1858.
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Messali, Francesco, Geert Ravenshorst, & Rita Esposito. (2025). LARGE-SCALE TESTING PROGRAM FOR THE SEISMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF DUTCH MASONRY WALLS. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 4753. 1 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2024). Analysis procedures accounting for load redistribution mechanisms in masonry earth retaining structures under traffic loading. Engineering Structures. 315. 118420–118420. 3 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2024). Characterisation of timber joists-masonry connections in double-leaf cavity walls – Part 1: Experimental results. Structures. 68. 107164–107164. 1 indexed citations
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D’Altri, Antonio Maria, et al.. (2024). A block-based numerical strategy for modeling the dynamic out-of-plane behavior of unreinforced brick masonry walls. Meccanica. 60(7). 2069–2105. 3 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2024). MT-InSAR Optimisation for Structural Health Monitoring. e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing. 29(7). 2 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2024). A contact-based constitutive model for the numerical analysis of masonry structures using the distinct element method. Computers & Structures. 303. 107499–107499. 9 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2023). Detailed distinct element modeling of a Utrecht wharf cellar for the assessment of the load-bearing capacity and failure mechanism. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 6. 1–10. 1 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2023). A novel tier-based numerical analysis procedure for the structural assessment of masonry quay walls under traffic loads. Frontiers in Built Environment. 9. 8 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2022). Numerical issues on brittle shear failure of pier-wall continuous vertical joints in URM dutch buildings. Engineering Structures. 258. 114078–114078. 7 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2020). Capacity of unreinforced masonry walls in out-of-plane two-way bending: A review of analytical formulations. Structures. 28. 2431–2447. 16 indexed citations
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D’Altri, Antonio Maria, Francesco Messali, J.G. Rots, Giovanni Castellazzi, & Stefano de Miranda. (2019). A damaging block-based model for the analysis of the cyclic behaviour of full-scale masonry structures. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 209. 423–448. 73 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2019). Calibration of a mechanism-based method against NLFEA for NLPO analyses of URM terraced house units : Cross-validation and calibration of simplified methods for different building typologies. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Messali, Francesco, et al.. (2018). Mechanical characterisation of wall tie connection in cavity walls. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Esposito, Rita, et al.. (2018). Quasi-static cyclic two-way out-of-plane bending tests and analytical models comparison for URM walls. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 9 indexed citations
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Rots, J.G., et al.. (2016). Computational modelling of masonry with a view to Groningen induced seismicity. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 1. 5 indexed citations

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