Notes on Limit and Nonlinear Elastic Analyses of Masonry Arches

Danila Aita (), Riccardo Barsotti () and Stefano Bennati ()
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Danila Aita: Università di Genova, Dipartimento di Scienze per l’Architettura
Riccardo Barsotti: Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale
Stefano Bennati: Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale

A chapter in Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture, 2015, pp 237-264 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter is a critical presentation of studies over the last 10 years on the mechanical response of masonry arches and vaults. More precisely, we focus on a study of masonry arches conducted in parallel via both nonlinear elastic and limit analyses. The one-dimensional elastic model for masonry arches incorporates a simple but effective nonlinear constitutive law. In turn, collapse analysis is performed by the so-called ‘method of stability areas’, originally proposed by Durand-Claye in 1867. Rather than offering two alternative paths, the approaches may be considered complementary points of view on the same problem. A reasoned illustration of the concepts in question is furnished by the topics addressed: an analysis of the possible failure mechanisms of a pointed arch subject to its own weight; the search for explicit solutions to the equilibrium problem of a depressed arch subject to a uniformly distributed load; the study of arches of different shapes subject to their own weight and the weight of a superimposed wall.

Keywords: Masonry; Arches; Walls; Elasticity; Nonlinear analysis; Durand-Claye method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13003-3_9

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