A review of analytical methods in the current design processes and assessment of performance of masonry structures

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 990-1001

  Theodossopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Sinha, Braj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuum damage mechanics; Drystone masonry; Finite element method; Historic masonry; Homogenisation; In and out of plane loads; Limit state analysis; Masonry; Micromodelling; Orthotropy

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; DESIGN; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MASONRY MATERIALS;

DRYSTONE MASONRY; HISTORIC MASONRY; LIMIT STATE ANALYSIS; MASONRY; MICROMODELLING; ORTHOTROPY; OUT OF PLANE LOADS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84878984623     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.07.095     Document Type: Article

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