Continuum model for masonry: Parameter estimation and validation

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 642-652

  Lourenço, Paulo B ^a,b   Rots, Jan G ^b   Blaauwendraad, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FRACTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

ANISOTROPIC CONTINUUM MODEL;

MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032095835     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1998)124:6(642)     Document Type: Article

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