A simple finite element based model for evaluating the interaction of load bearing walls subjected to vertical loading

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-89

  Corrêa, Márcio R S ^a   Ramalho, Marcio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Interaction of walls; Masonry walls; Vertical loads

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

INTERACTION OF WALLS; MASONARY WALLS; VERTICAL LOADS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 0842330091     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2003.08.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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