Structural analysis of a quasi-random masonry wall : geometry details, homogenization and application

In many countries, historical buildings were built with masonry walls constituted by random assemblages of blocks and stones of variable dimensions. 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: Lourenço, Paulo B. (author)
Other Authors: Esquivel Fernández, Yhosimi Washington (author), Milani, G. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27651
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/27651