Lower bound limit analysis of masonry bridges including arch-fill interaction

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3002-3014

  Cavicchi, Andrea ^a   Gambarotta, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arch fill interaction; Limit analysis; Lower bound; Masonry bridges

Indexed keywords

ARCH BRIDGES; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BRIDGE PIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE TESTING;

ARCH-FILL INTERACTION; COHESIVE-FRICTIONAL MATERIAL; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LOWER BOUND;

MASONRY BRIDGES;

ARCH BRIDGES; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BRIDGE PIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; MASONRY BRIDGES; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE TESTING;

ARCH; BRIDGE; COLLAPSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LINEAR PROGRAMING; LOADING TEST; MASONRY;

EID: 35448999991     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2007.01.028     Document Type: Article

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