Eccentrically loaded brickwork: Theoretical and experimental results

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3629-3643

  Brencich, A ^a   Corradi, C ^a   Gambarotta, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Constitutive model; Ductility; Eccentric loading; Limit analysis; Masonry bond; Solid clay brickwork; Stress concentration

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONFORMAL MAPPING; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CONTROL THEORY; EXPERIMENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOUNDATIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LOAD LIMITS; LOADS (FORCES); MASONRY MATERIALS; PRISMS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TOPOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES; AXIAL FORCES; CONSTITUTIVE LAWS; DO-MAINS; ECCENTRIC LOADING; ECCENTRIC LOADINGS; EDGE EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FREE EDGES; GLOBAL BEHAVIOURS; IN HOMOGENEITIES; INELASTIC STRAINS; LIMIT ANALYSES; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LOAD ECCENTRICITIES; LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITIES; LOADING CONDITIONS; MASONRY ARCHES; MASONRY BOND; MASONRY BONDS; MECHANICAL MODELS; MORTAR JOINTS; PLASTIC MODELS; STIFFNESS PARAMETERS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

BENDING; CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; DUCTILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LOADING; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STIFFNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 55949091983     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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