The structural behaviour of masonry vaults: Limit state analysis with finite friction

Structural Analysis of Historic Construction: Preserving Safety and Significance - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historic Construction, SAHC08

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 47-61

  D'Ayala, D F ^a   Tomasoni, E ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARCH MODELS; ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE; COMPLEX SHAPES; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; CRACK PATTERNS; FINITE FRICTION; GENERIC TYPES; HISTORICAL STRUCTURES; HORIZONTAL THRUST; LIMIT STATE ANALYSIS; LOADING CONDITION; LOWER-BOUND APPROACHES; MAIN OBJECTS; MASONRY VAULTS; NON-LINEAR; NUMBER OF METHODS; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; THREE DIMENSIONAL EFFECT; UNIFORM LOADS;

ARCHES; BUILDINGS; FRICTION; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; MASONRY MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRIBOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952330534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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