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NURBS-Based Upper Bound Limit Analysis of FRP Reinforced Masonry Vaults through an Efficient Mesh Adaptation Scheme
Masonry vaults represent one of the typical structural typologies in historical masonry buildings. The study of the ultimate behavior of masonry vaults, together with the need to design adequate retrofitting techniques, is of high relevance in the optics of the preservation of the cultural heritage. In this paper, a new approach for the limit analysis of masonry construction is applied to FRP reinforced masonry vaults. This approach relies on the representation of geometry through NURBS surfaces, upper bound formulation of limit analysis, idealization of the structure as an assembly of rigid bodies with dissipation allowed only along interfaces, and optimization by means of a mesh adaptation scheme. The presence of FRP strips can be taken into account in easy way, because they can be included simply by adding NURBS surfaces and assigning them an adequate delamination stress value. The efficient mesh adaptation is performed by means of a Prey Predator Algorithm, which has been proven to be very suited for these problems. The strength of the proposed method lies in an accurate estimation of load-bearing capacity and collapse mechanism obtained with a model which requires a very low computational effort.
NURBS-Based Upper Bound Limit Analysis of FRP Reinforced Masonry Vaults through an Efficient Mesh Adaptation Scheme
Masonry vaults represent one of the typical structural typologies in historical masonry buildings. The study of the ultimate behavior of masonry vaults, together with the need to design adequate retrofitting techniques, is of high relevance in the optics of the preservation of the cultural heritage. In this paper, a new approach for the limit analysis of masonry construction is applied to FRP reinforced masonry vaults. This approach relies on the representation of geometry through NURBS surfaces, upper bound formulation of limit analysis, idealization of the structure as an assembly of rigid bodies with dissipation allowed only along interfaces, and optimization by means of a mesh adaptation scheme. The presence of FRP strips can be taken into account in easy way, because they can be included simply by adding NURBS surfaces and assigning them an adequate delamination stress value. The efficient mesh adaptation is performed by means of a Prey Predator Algorithm, which has been proven to be very suited for these problems. The strength of the proposed method lies in an accurate estimation of load-bearing capacity and collapse mechanism obtained with a model which requires a very low computational effort.
NURBS-Based Upper Bound Limit Analysis of FRP Reinforced Masonry Vaults through an Efficient Mesh Adaptation Scheme
Key Engineering Materials ; 817 ; 205-212
2019-08-16
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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