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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 724-737Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2010.03.001
Keywords
Masonry; Nonlinear homogenization; Damage-friction; Cosserat continuum
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The paper deals with the problem of the determination of the in-plane behavior of periodic masonry material. The macromechanical equivalent Cosserat medium, which naturally accounts for the absolute size of the constituents, is derived by a rational homogenization procedure based on the Transformation Field Analysis. The micromechanical analysis is developed considering a Cauchy model for masonry components. In particular, a linear elastic constitutive relationship is considered for the blocks, while a nonlinear constitutive law is adopted for the mortar joints, accounting for the damage and friction phenomena occurring during the loading history. Some numerical applications are performed on a Representative Volume Element characterized by a selected commonly used texture, without performing at this stage structural analyses. A comparison between the results obtained adopting the proposed procedure and a nonlinear micromechanical Finite Element Analysis is presented. Moreover, the substantial differences in the nonlinear behavior of the homogenized Cosserat material model with respect to the classical Cauchy one, are illustrated. (c) 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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