A probabilistic fatigue strength model for brick masonry under compression

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2964-2972

  Casas, Joan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arch; Brick masonry; Fatigue; S N curve; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

BRICK MASONRY; COMPRESSION LOADING; EXISTING BRIDGE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FATIGUE; FATIGUE PERFORMANCE; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; FATIGUE STRENGTH; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH CYCLE; MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES; MINIMUM STRESS; MODEL PARAMETERS; PROBABILISTIC FATIGUE; PROBABILITY LEVELS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RELIABILITY INDEX; S-N CURVE; STRESS CYCLE;

ARCH BRIDGES; ARCHES; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FOUNDATIONS; MASONRY BRIDGES; PROBABILITY;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67349170460     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.02.043     Document Type: Article

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