Numerical analysis of old masonry buildings: A comparison among constitutive models

Engineering Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 37-53

  Genna, Francesco ^a   Di Pasqua, Michele ^a   Veroli, Mariarosa ^a   Ronca, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cracking; Finite elements; Masonry structures; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; RESTORATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; MASONRY BUILDINGS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031617698     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00042-4     Document Type: Article

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