Structural analysis of masonry historical constructions. Classical and advanced approaches

Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-325

  Roca, Pere ^a   Cervera, Miguel ^a   Gariup, Giuseppe ^a   Pela', Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; COMPUTER EFFICIENCY; DATA AVAILABILITY; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTORIC MASONRY; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION; HISTORICAL STRUCTURES; INPUT DATAS; LARGE STRUCTURES; LIMIT ANALYSIS; MICRO-MODELING; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; MODERN DEVELOPMENT; SIMPLIFIED METHOD;

FOUNDATIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 77955569570     PISSN: 11343060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11831-010-9046-1     Document Type: Article

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