Modeling strategies for the world's largest elliptical dome at vicoforte

International Journal of Architectural Heritage

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-303

  Chiorino, Mario Alberto ^a   Spadafora, Alberto ^a   Calderini, Chiara ^b   Lagomarsino, Sergio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elliptical dome; Finite elements analysis; Limit analysis; Masonry domes; Modeling; Monitoring; Non linear analysis

Indexed keywords

DOMES; MASONRY MATERIALS; MODELS; MONITORING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ELLIPTICAL DOMES; FINITE ELEMENTS ANALYSIS; LIMIT ANALYSIS; MODELING STRATEGY; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84973621887     PISSN: 15583058     EISSN: 15583066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583050802063618     Document Type: Article

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