Brickwork under eccentric compression: Experimental results and macroscopic models

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1935-1946

  Brencich, Antonio ^a   Felice, Gianmarco de ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arch bridges; Arches; Assessment; Constitutive models; Eccentric loading; Masonry; Solid clay brickwork

Indexed keywords

ARCH BRIDGES; ARCHES; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; FOUNDATIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LIME BRICK; MASONRY MATERIALS; MODELS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ASSESSMENT; AXIAL FORCES; CLAY BRICKS; COMPRESSIVE RESPONSE; ECCENTRIC COMPRESSIONS; ECCENTRIC LOADING; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; FAILURE DOMAINS; INELASTIC RESPONSE; LIME MORTARS; LOAD DISPLACEMENTS; LOAD ECCENTRICITIES; LOAD-BEARING CAPACITIES; LOADING CONDITIONS; MACROSCOPIC MODELS; MASONRY; MASONRY STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; NON-LINEAR BEHAVIOURS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; POST PEAKS; RESPONSE CURVES; SOLID CLAY BRICKS; SOLID CLAY BRICKWORK; THEORETICAL APPROACHES; THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS;

LOADS (FORCES);

EID: 59649103555     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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