A numerical study on the b shape factor of the shear strength criterion of unreinforced masonry panels

¹Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan

¹Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Technology Department of Civil Engineering, 32260 Isparta, Türkiye

¹Department of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt

¹Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043, Cassino FR, Italy

¹School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, 730050 Lanzhou, China