Journal
ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
Volume 123, Issue -, Pages 300-312Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.05.017
Keywords
Masonry cross vaults; Discrete non-linear FEM; Collapse load prediction; Seismic mechanisms; Experimental simulation
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- Department of Civil Protection, Executive Project
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The seismic response of masonry vaults is discussed by presenting the results of an experimental campaign on a small-scale model and their numerical simulation though a heterogeneous full 3D non-linear Finite Element (FE) approach. The model relies into a discretization of the blocks by means of few rigid-infinitely resistant parallelepiped elements interacting by means of planar four-noded interfaces, where all the deformation (elastic and inelastic) occurs. In the framework of a heterogeneous approach, two typologies of interfaces are present, namely internal brick-brick interfaces, here assumed elastic, and mortar joints with zero thickness, behaving as a frictional (Mohr-Coulomb) material with infinite strength in compression and almost vanishing tensile strength. The model is incremental, nonlinear elasto-plastic and exhibits softening at mortar interfaces. Each load step is solved by means of mathematical programming, i.e. through the formulation of a suitable constrained minimization problem where the objective function is represented by the energy of the mechanical system. The experimental and numerical results are compared and discussed in terms of both collapse mechanisms and force/displacement capacity. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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