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Initiation of Failure for Masonry Subject to In-Plane Loads through Micromechanics

Author(s) -

Valentino Paolo Berardi

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

modelling and simulation in engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-5591

pISSN - 1687-5605

DOI - 10.1155/2016/2959038

Subject(s) - masonry , micromechanics , structural engineering , materials science , representative elementary volume , finite element method , plane stress , composite material , geotechnical engineering , engineering , composite number

A micromechanical procedure is used in order to evaluate the initiation of damage and failure of masonry with in-plane loads. Masonry material is viewed as a composite with periodic microstructure and, therefore, a unit cell with suitable boundary conditions is assumed as a representative volume element of the masonry. The finite element method is used to determine the average stress on the unit cell corresponding to a given average strain prescribed on the unit cell. Finally, critical curves representing the initiation of damage and failure in both clay brick masonry and adobe masonry are provided

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