Simple lower bound limit analysis homogenization model for in- and out-of-plane loaded masonry walls

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4426-4443

  Milani, Gabriele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homogenization; In and out of plane loads; Limit analysis; Masonry

Indexed keywords

CELL LEVELS; COLLAPSE LOADS; CONSTANT STRESS; ELEMENTARY CELLS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; HOMOGENIZATION; HOMOGENIZED MODEL; IN-PLANE; KINEMATIC MODEL; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM; LOWER BOUND LIMIT ANALYSIS; LOWER BOUNDS; LOWER-BOUND APPROACHES; MASONRY; MASONRY STRUCTURES; MASONRY WALLS; NON-LINEARITY; OUT-OF-PLANE; TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS; UPPER BOUND APPROACH;

BRICK; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; KINEMATICS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; RETAINING WALLS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 79960250472     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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