Limit equilibrium analysis and the minimum thickness of circular masonry arches to withstand lateral inertial loading

DOI10.1007/s00419-014-0831-4zbMath1293.74253OpenAlexW1966054285WikidataQ125688614 ScholiaQ125688614MaRDI QIDQ2511654

Nicos Makris, Haris Alexakis

Publication date: 6 August 2014

Published in: Archive of Applied Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-014-0831-4

zbMATH Keywords

variational formulationearthquake engineeringlimit stateseismic analysisstone archesstereotomyminimum uplift acceleration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Anelastic fracture and damage (74R20) Optimization of other properties in solid mechanics (74P10)

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Uses Software

• UDEC

Cites Work

• Sizing the slenderness of free-standing rocking columns to withstand earthquake shaking
• The effect of stereotomy on the shape of the thrust-line and the minimum thickness of semicircular masonry arches
• Milankovitch's \textit{Theorie der Druckkurven}: Good mechanics for masonry architecture
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