Nonlinear finite element analysis of grouted and ungrouted hollow interlocking mortarless block masonry system

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1560-1572

  Thanoon, Waleed A ^a   Alwathaf, Ahmed H ^b   Noorzaei, Jamaloddin ^c   Jaafar, Mohd Saleh ^c   Abdulkadir, Mohd Razali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Block grout bond; Constitutive relations; Finite element method; Geometric imperfection; Interlocking masonry block; Modelling of dry joint; Nonlinear analysis

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSION; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DEBONDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUTING; MASONRY MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

DRY JOINT; FAILURE MECHANISM; INTERLOCKING MASONRY BLOCK; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AXIAL COMPRESSION; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DEBONDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUTING; MASONRY MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONCRETE; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUT; MASONRY; NONLINEARITY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 43249106838     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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