A cosserat based multi-scale model for masonry structures

International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 543-563

  de Bellis, Maria Laura ^a   Addessi, Daniela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosserat continuum; Damage; Masonry; Multi scale models; Parallelization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MASONRY MATERIALS;

COSSERAT CONTINUUM; DAMAGE; MASONRY; MULTISCALE MODELS; PARALLELIZATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 81255134595     PISSN: 15431649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.2011002758     Document Type: Article

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