Abstract
The present paper investigates the response of masonry structural elements with periodic texture adopting an advanced multiscale finite element model, coupling different formulations at the two selected scales of analysis. At the macroscopic structural level, a homogeneous thick [...]
Abstract
Masonry vaults have a great diffusion in the historical architectural heritage: in this work, their structural behavior is investigated. Attention is focused on lowered sail vaults composed by several brick arrangements, a typical nineteenth-century masonry vault which have great [...]