A simplified assessment of the dome and drum of the Basilica of S. Maria Assunta in Carignano in Genoa

Engineering Structures

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 749-765

  Bacigalupo, A ^a   Brencich, A ^a   Gambarotta, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Collapse mechanism; Galeazzo Alessi; Limit Analysis; Masonry dome

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; GALEAZZO ALESSI; KINEMATICAL ANALYSIS; LIMIT ANALYSIS; SIMPLIFIED ASSESSMENT; SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS;

CRACKS;

DOMES;

COLLAPSE; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; CRACK; DOME; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIMIT ANALYSIS; MASONRY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CARIGNANO; GENOA; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; TORINO [PIEDMONT];

EID: 84880345339     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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