A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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Abstract Aim of this chapter is studying Statics of the masonry arch. Limit Analysis of the arch, under vertical and horizontal forces, together with the research of its minimum thrust, is pursued by direct application of the general theory presented in the foregoing chapter. The minimum thrust is determined for the round and for the depressed arch, examining the strict connection existing between the geometry of the pressure line and the hinge position of the corresponding settlement mechanisms. Other special cases, as in particular the collapse induced by crushing of masonry in elements that cannot get deformed through mechanisms, as for instance in the plat-band arch, are studied. The chapter ends by examining and discussing the tests performed in laboratories to study the masonry arch behavior.
Abstract Aim of this chapter is studying Statics of the masonry arch. Limit Analysis of the arch, under vertical and horizontal forces, together with the research of its minimum thrust, is pursued by direct application of the general theory presented in the foregoing chapter. The minimum thrust is determined for the round and for the depressed arch, examining the strict connection existing between the geometry of the pressure line and the hinge position of the corresponding settlement mechanisms. Other special cases, as in particular the collapse induced by crushing of masonry in elements that cannot get deformed through mechanisms, as for instance in the plat-band arch, are studied. The chapter ends by examining and discussing the tests performed in laboratories to study the masonry arch behavior.
Masonry Arches
Como, Mario (author)
3rd ed. 2017
2017-01-01
49 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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