Modelling and analysis of the Nîmes arena and the Arles aqueduct subjected to a seismic loading, using the Non-Smooth Contact Dynamics method

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3457-3467

  Rafiee, Ali ^a   Vinches, Marc ^a   Bohatier, Claude ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Arles aqueduct; Masonry modelling; N mes arena; Non Smooth Contact Dynamics method; Seismic loading

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMICS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARLES AQUEDUCT; CONTACT DYNAMICS; COURSE STRUCTURES; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; DYNAMIC EXCITATIONS; DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; LARGE COLLECTIONS; MASONRY MODELLING; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; NON-SMOOTH CONTACT DYNAMICS METHOD; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEISMIC LOADING; SEISMIC LOADINGS;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

AQUEDUCT; CYCLIC LOADING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GARD; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; NIMES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55949132308     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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