Multiscale computational first order homogenization of thick shells for the analysis of out-of-plane loaded masonry walls

This work presents a multiscale method based on computational homogenization for the analysis of general heterogeneous thick shell structures, with special focus on periodic brick-masonry walls. The proposed method is designed for the analysis of shells whose micro-structure is heterogeneous in the...

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Autores: Petracca, Massimo, Pelà, Luca|||0000-0001-7760-8290, Rossi, Riccardo|||0000-0003-0528-7074, Oller Martínez, Sergio Horacio|||0000-0002-5203-8903, Camata, Guido, Spacone, Enrico
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/98657
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/98657
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2016.10.046
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Masonry--Maintenance and repair
Computational multiscale homogenization
Representative volume element (RVE)
Shell
Masonry
Periodic micro-structure
Strain localization
COMP-DES-MAT Project
COMPDESMAT Project
Estructures de murs -- Models matemàtics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures
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Sumario:This work presents a multiscale method based on computational homogenization for the analysis of general heterogeneous thick shell structures, with special focus on periodic brick-masonry walls. The proposed method is designed for the analysis of shells whose micro-structure is heterogeneous in the in-plane directions, but initially homogeneous in the shell-thickness direction, a structural topology that can be found in single-leaf brick masonry walls. Under this assumption, this work proposes an efficient homogenization scheme where both the macro-scale and the micro-scale are described by the same shell theory. The proposed method is then applied to the analysis of out-of-plane loaded brick-masonry walls, and compared to experimental and micro-modeling results.