A discrete element for modeling masonry vaults

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 133-134, Issue , 2010, Pages 447-452

  Calió, Ivo ^a   Cannizzaro, Francesco ^a   Marletta, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Historical masonry building; Macro element; Masonry vaults; Nonlinear numerical method

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; MACRO-ELEMENT; MASONRY BUILDING; MASONRY VAULTS; NONLINEAR NUMERICAL METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MASONRY MATERIALS; RETROFITTING; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 78650883926     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.133-134.447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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