An analytical model to determine the ultimate load on masonry arch bridges

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-336

  Audenaert, Amaryllis ^a   Peremans, Herbert ^a   Reniers, Genserik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collapse load; Masonry arches; Numerical simulation; Ordinary differential equations

Indexed keywords

ARCH BRIDGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MASONRY BRIDGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATLAB; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

ELASTO-PLASTIC MODEL; ULTIMATE LOAD;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARCH BRIDGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MASONRY BRIDGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATLAB; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

EID: 35448994694     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: 15732703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10665-006-9129-z     Document Type: Article

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