Discrete cracking of masonry walls

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Alfaiate, J ^a   De Almeida, J R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fracture; Masonry; Plasticity; Shear

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE MECHANISM; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; COULOMB FRICTION LAW; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MASONRY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PLASTICITY MODEL; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FRACTURE; FRICTION; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; PLASTICITY; RETAINING WALLS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEARING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CRACKS;

EID: 84893344916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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