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Nonlinear finite element analysis of no-tension masonry structures
Santi RizzoPaolo FuschiGiuseppe Giambancosubject
Tension (physics)business.industryComputer scienceMechanical EngineeringConstitutive equationStructural engineeringPlasticityMasonryCondensed Matter PhysicsNonlinear finite element analysisCauchy elastic materialFlow (mathematics)Mechanics of MaterialsStress conditionsbusinessdescription
A numerical approach for structural analysis of masonry walls in plane stress conditions is presented. The assumption of a perfectly no-tension material (NTM) constitutive model, whose relevant equations are in the form of classical rate-independent associated flow laws of elastoplastic material, allows one to adopt numerical procedures commonly used in computational plasticity. An accuracy analysis on the integration algorithm employed in the solution of constitutive relations has been carried out. The results obtained for some relevant case-studies and their comparison with data, available in the literature show the effectiveness of the proposed method.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-06-01 | Meccanica |