Two non-linear finite element models developed for the assessment of failure of masonry arches

Comptes Rendus - Mecanique

Volumn 336, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 42-53

  Betti, Michele ^a   Drosopoulos, Georgios A ^b   Stavroulakis, Georgios E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arch fill interaction; Limit analysis; Load carrying capacity; Masonry arch bridge; Solids and structures; Unilateral contact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ARCH; COLLAPSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRACK; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; MASONRY; SIMULATION;

EID: 38949181507     PISSN: 16310721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2007.10.014     Document Type: Short Survey

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