Characterization of the response of quasi-periodic masonry : geometrical investigation, homogenization and application to the Guimarães castle, Portugal

In many countries, historical buildings were built with masonry walls constituted by random assemblages of stones of variable dimensions and shapes. The analysis of historic masonry structures requires often complex and expensive computational tools that in many cases are difficult to handle, given...

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Main Author: Milani, G. (author)
Other Authors: Esquivel Fernández, Yhosimi Washington (author), Lourenço, Paulo B. (author), Riveiro, Belén (author), Oliveira, Daniel V. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26556
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/26556