Collapse analysis of masonry bridges taking into account arch-fill interaction

Engineering Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 605-615

  Cavicchi, Andrea ^a   Gambarotta, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arch fill interaction; Limit analysis; Load carrying capacity; Masonry bridges

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PIERS; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARCH-FILL INTERACTION; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MULTI-SPAN BRIDGES;

MASONRY BRIDGES;

BRIDGE;

EID: 14844349955     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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