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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2016-01-01
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Series: | Modelling and Simulation in Engineering |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2959038 |