Masonry compression: A numerical investigation at the meso-level

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 382-407

  Pina Henriques, J ^a   Lourenço, Paulo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Compression loading; Materials management; Non linear control systems; Particle physics

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLASTICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSION LOADING; MASONRY COMPOSITES; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS;

MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33745097720     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400610661163     Document Type: Article

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