Despite its complexity, the accurate structural modelling of masonry still represents an active field of research, due to several practical applications in civil engineering, with special reference to the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage. In this work a comparison of different models and techniques for the assessment of the mechanical behaviour of two-dimensional block masonry walls subjected to the static action of in-plane loads is presented. Panels are characterized by different height-to-width ratio as well as various masonry textures. Brick-block masonry, perceived as a jointed assembly of prismatic particles in dry contact, is modelled as a discrete system of rigid blocks interacting through contact surfaces unable to carry tension and resistant to sliding by friction, modelled as zero thickness elasto-plastic Mohr-Coulomb interfaces. Different approaches and numerical models are considered: Limit Analysis (LA), Discrete Element Model (DEM) and Finite Ele-ments/Discrete Element Model (FEM/DEM). Limit Analysis is able to provide fast and reliable results in term of collapse multiplier and relative kinematism. Here a standard Limit Analysis is adopted via an own made procedure based on Linear Mathematical Programming, taking into account friction at interfaces.

Micromodels for the in-plane failure analysis of masonry walls with friction: Limit analysis and dem-fem/dem approaches / Pepe, M.; Pingaro, M.; Reccia, E.; Trovalusci, P.. - (2020), pp. 1883-1895. (Intervento presentato al convegno 24th Conference of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, AIMETA 2019 tenutosi a ita) [10.1007/978-3-030-41057-5_151].

Micromodels for the in-plane failure analysis of masonry walls with friction: Limit analysis and dem-fem/dem approaches

Pingaro M.;Trovalusci P.
2020

Abstract

Despite its complexity, the accurate structural modelling of masonry still represents an active field of research, due to several practical applications in civil engineering, with special reference to the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage. In this work a comparison of different models and techniques for the assessment of the mechanical behaviour of two-dimensional block masonry walls subjected to the static action of in-plane loads is presented. Panels are characterized by different height-to-width ratio as well as various masonry textures. Brick-block masonry, perceived as a jointed assembly of prismatic particles in dry contact, is modelled as a discrete system of rigid blocks interacting through contact surfaces unable to carry tension and resistant to sliding by friction, modelled as zero thickness elasto-plastic Mohr-Coulomb interfaces. Different approaches and numerical models are considered: Limit Analysis (LA), Discrete Element Model (DEM) and Finite Ele-ments/Discrete Element Model (FEM/DEM). Limit Analysis is able to provide fast and reliable results in term of collapse multiplier and relative kinematism. Here a standard Limit Analysis is adopted via an own made procedure based on Linear Mathematical Programming, taking into account friction at interfaces.
2020
24th Conference of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, AIMETA 2019
Distinct element method; Limit analysis; Masonry; Rigid blocks
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Micromodels for the in-plane failure analysis of masonry walls with friction: Limit analysis and dem-fem/dem approaches / Pepe, M.; Pingaro, M.; Reccia, E.; Trovalusci, P.. - (2020), pp. 1883-1895. (Intervento presentato al convegno 24th Conference of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, AIMETA 2019 tenutosi a ita) [10.1007/978-3-030-41057-5_151].
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