Micromodelling of eccentrically loaded brickwork: Study of masonry wallettes

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1244-1251

  Adam, Jose M ^a   Brencich, Antonio ^b   Hughes, Tim G ^c   Jefferson, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brick masonry; Collapse mechanisms; Compressive strength; Eccentric loading; Finite element; Micromodelling

Indexed keywords

BRICK MASONRY; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; COLLAPSE MECHANISMS; ECCENTRIC LOADING; FINITE ELEMENT; MICROMODELLING;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATIONS; LOAD TESTING; MORTAR; NANOINDENTATION; PLASTER; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ARCH; CERAMICS; COLLAPSE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; ECCENTRICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING TEST; MASONRY; MICROMECHANICS; MODELING; MORTAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILLAR;

EID: 77950338950     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.12.050     Document Type: Article

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