Initiation of Failure for Masonry Subject to In-Plane Loads through Micromechanics

A micromechanical procedure is used in order to evaluate the initiation of damage and failure of masonry with in-plane loads. Masonry material is viewed as a composite with periodic microstructure and, therefore, a unit cell with suitable boundary conditions is assumed as a representative volume ele...

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Published inModelling and Simulation in Engineering Vol. 2016; pp. 84 - 89
Main Author Berardi, V. P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Hindawi Limiteds 01.01.2016
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Boundary conditions
Civil engineering
Clay (material)
Composite materials
Computer simulation
Engineering research
Failure
Failure mode and effects analysis
Homogenization
Masonry
Masonry materials
Mathematical analysis
Mechanical properties
Methods
Micromechanics
Tensile strength
Unit cell
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Summary:A micromechanical procedure is used in order to evaluate the initiation of damage and failure of masonry with in-plane loads. Masonry material is viewed as a composite with periodic microstructure and, therefore, a unit cell with suitable boundary conditions is assumed as a representative volume element of the masonry. The finite element method is used to determine the average stress on the unit cell corresponding to a given average strain prescribed on the unit cell. Finally, critical curves representing the initiation of damage and failure in both clay brick masonry and adobe masonry are provided.
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ISSN:1687-5591
1687-5605
DOI:10.1155/2016/2959038