Masonry Constructions: Mechanical Models and Numerical ApplicationsMany historically and artistically important masonry buildings of the worlds architecturalheritageareindireneedofmaintenanceandrestoration. Inorder tooptimizesuchoperationsintermsofcost e? ectiveness,architecturalimpact andstatice? ectiveness,accuratemodelsofthestructuralbehaviorofmasonry constructions are invaluable. The ultimate aim of such modeling is to obtain important information, such as the stress ? eld, and to estimate the extent of cracking