Modified four-hinge mechanism analysis for masonry arches strengthened with near-surface reinforcement

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1864-1871

  Chen, Y ^a   Ashour, A F ^b   Garrity, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failure mode; Four hinge mechanism; Load capacity; Masonry arches; Near surface reinforcement

Indexed keywords

FOUR-HINGE MECHANISM; NEAR-SURFACE REINFORCEMENT; RING SEPARATION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOAD LIMITS; MASONRY MATERIALS; PLASTICITY;

ARCHES;

ARCHES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOAD LIMITS; MASONRY MATERIALS; PLASTICITY;

ARCH; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; LOADING; MASONRY; PLASTICITY; REINFORCEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447270262     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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