Discrete element modeling of masonry structures

International Journal of Architectural Heritage

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-213

  Lemos, José V ^a  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Discrete elements; Masonry; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; MASONRY MATERIALS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTS; MASONRY; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84973644334     PISSN: 15583058     EISSN: 15583066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583050601176868     Document Type: Article

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