The effect of the infill in arched structures: Analytical and numerical modelling

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1450-1458

  Gago, António Sousa ^a   Alfaiate, Jorge ^a   Lamas, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arch; Arch infill interaction; Bridge; Infill; Load carrying capacity; Masonry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; APPLIED LOADS; ARCHED STRUCTURES; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DESTRUCTIVE TESTS; ENGINEERING WORKS; FINITE ELEMENT; INFILL; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

LOAD LIMITS; MASONRY MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARCHES;

BRIDGE; LOADING; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 79953776983     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.12.037     Document Type: Article

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