Static analysis of masonry vaults, constitutive model and numerical analysis

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-244

  Lucchesi, Massimiliano ^a   Padovani, Cristina ^b   Pasquinelli, Giuseppe ^b   Zani, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Limit analysis; Masonry vaults; Nonlinear elasticity; Static analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548532875     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2007.2.221     Document Type: Article

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