Multilevel approach for brick masonry walls - Part I: A numerical strategy for the nonlinear analysis

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 49-52, 2007, Pages 4934-4951

  Brasile, Sandro ^a   Casciaro, Raffaele ^a   Formica, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Damage and friction nonlinear behaviors; Masonry mechanics; Multilevel approach; Non standard path following approach

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BRICK CONSTRUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

BRICK MASONRY WALLS; FRICTION NONLINEAR BEHAVIORS; MASONRY MECHANICS; MULTILEVEL APPROACH;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BRICK CONSTRUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 34548742826     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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