Abstract

The Hennebique system was the most successful among the patented systems in the pre-code period even though the design rules were not completely clear. Anchorage of the re- inforcement is one of these unknown aspects and how it was calculated, and if it was calculated at all, is [...]

Abstract

A computational method is proposed for the lower-bound limit analysis of masonry arches with multiple failure sections. Main motivation is the observation that, not only the position, but also the orientation of the failure sections in an arch might not be known in advance in practical [...]