Assessment of the load-carrying capacity of multi-span masonry arch bridges using fibre beam elements

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1634-1647

  de Felice, Gianmarco ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arch bridges; Arches; Brickwork; Fibre beam elements; Limit analysis; Masonry

Indexed keywords

BEAM ELEMENTS; BRICKWORK; CLASSICAL LIMITS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CONSTITUTIVE ASSUMPTION; DUCTILITY CAPACITY; EFFECTIVE MATERIAL PROPERTY; EFFECTIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FIBRE BEAM ELEMENTS; FIBRE CROSS-SECTION; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LIMIT ANALYSIS METHODS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITIES; MASONRY; MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES; MAXIMUM LOAD; MULTI-SPAN; NON-LINEAR BEAMS; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; RAILWAY BRIDGES; RAILWAY NETWORK; ULTIMATE BEHAVIOUR;

ARCHES; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FIBERS; FOUNDATIONS; MASONRY BRIDGES; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MASONRY MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OFFSHORE PIPELINES; RAILROADS;

ARCH BRIDGES;

BACKFILL; BRIDGE; LOADING; MASONRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; RAILWAY;

EID: 67349104420     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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