Failure Analysis of Masonry Structures
by P. B. Shing, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA,H. R. Lotfi, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA,
A. Barzegarmehrabi, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA,
J. Brunner, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Engineering Mechanics
Abstract:
The use of smeared-crack and interface elements for the analysis of masonry structures is investigated. While a variety of structural problems can be solved with a combination of both elements, it has been shown that the smeared-crack approach alone is not sufficient to capture all the failure mechanisms of a masonry structure.
Subject Headings: Failure analysis | Masonry | Structural analysis | Material failures | Structural failures | Cracking | Structural members | Plastic analysis
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