E. Ferretti1, E. Casadio, A. Di Leo1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 163-190, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.030.163
Abstract In this study, the Cell Method (CM) is applied in order to investigate the failure mechanisms of masonry walls under shear force. The direction of propagation is computed step-wise by the code, and the domain is updated by means of a propagation technique of intra-element nodal relaxation with re-meshing. The crack extension condition is studied in the Mohr/Coulomb plane, using the criterion of Leon. The main advantage of using the CM for numerical analyses of masonry is that the mortar, the bricks and the interfaces between mortar and bricks can be modeled without any need to use homogenization techniques, simply… More >
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