Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonries

One of the main difficulties when working with heritage structures is the difficulty of assessing the compressive strength of masonry and the other mechanical properties such as the elastic orthotropic properties. In addition, actual masonry codes are focused on modern fabrics which normally include...

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Autor: Aslani, Kianoush
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2017
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:2117/108038
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Finite element method
Composites -- Mechanical properties
Elements finits, Mètode dels
Materials compostos -- Propietats mecàniques
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures
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spelling Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonriesAslani, KianoushFinite element methodComposites -- Mechanical propertiesElements finits, Mètode delsMaterials compostos -- Propietats mecàniquesÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructuresOne of the main difficulties when working with heritage structures is the difficulty of assessing the compressive strength of masonry and the other mechanical properties such as the elastic orthotropic properties. In addition, actual masonry codes are focused on modern fabrics which normally include Portland cement mortars. In fact, such mortars are very different from the ancient ones, mainly based on aerial lime and sometimes hydraulic lime. Then, in spite of knowing the properties of the bricks and mortar of existing structures, architects and engineers are not able to obtain a good estimation of the masonry mechanical properties because the values are below the range included in the codes. In addition, obtaining mechanical properties from a full masonry specimen is much more difficult than obtaining the characterization of the individual components. The main objective of this Master Thesis is to obtain simplified expressions, similar to those provided in standards such the Eurocode, to produce good estimations of the mechanical properties of heritage masonry which include low strength mortars. To this purpose, it is proposed to use systematically a numerical tool, based on analytical expressions, able to compute the composite material properties of masonry from those of the components, to produce a vast collection of results varying different parameters such as the components' strength, young modulus, joint and brick sizes, etc. With this database of results, validated with some existing experiments, simple closed form expression will be adjusted to produce good estimators of these properties to the practitioners.Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaMolins i Borrell, ClimentRoca Fabregat, Pedro20172017-03-0620172017-09-26master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccNAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/108038reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1080382026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonries
title Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonries
spellingShingle Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonries
Aslani, Kianoush
Finite element method
Composites -- Mechanical properties
Elements finits, Mètode dels
Materials compostos -- Propietats mecàniques
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures
title_short Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonries
title_full Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonries
title_fullStr Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonries
title_full_unstemmed Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonries
title_sort Simplified analytical expressions for the compressive strength and elastic properties of solid brick masonries
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aslani, Kianoush
author Aslani, Kianoush
author_facet Aslani, Kianoush
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Molins i Borrell, Climent
Roca Fabregat, Pedro
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Finite element method
Composites -- Mechanical properties
Elements finits, Mètode dels
Materials compostos -- Propietats mecàniques
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures
topic Finite element method
Composites -- Mechanical properties
Elements finits, Mètode dels
Materials compostos -- Propietats mecàniques
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures
description One of the main difficulties when working with heritage structures is the difficulty of assessing the compressive strength of masonry and the other mechanical properties such as the elastic orthotropic properties. In addition, actual masonry codes are focused on modern fabrics which normally include Portland cement mortars. In fact, such mortars are very different from the ancient ones, mainly based on aerial lime and sometimes hydraulic lime. Then, in spite of knowing the properties of the bricks and mortar of existing structures, architects and engineers are not able to obtain a good estimation of the masonry mechanical properties because the values are below the range included in the codes. In addition, obtaining mechanical properties from a full masonry specimen is much more difficult than obtaining the characterization of the individual components. The main objective of this Master Thesis is to obtain simplified expressions, similar to those provided in standards such the Eurocode, to produce good estimations of the mechanical properties of heritage masonry which include low strength mortars. To this purpose, it is proposed to use systematically a numerical tool, based on analytical expressions, able to compute the composite material properties of masonry from those of the components, to produce a vast collection of results varying different parameters such as the components' strength, young modulus, joint and brick sizes, etc. With this database of results, validated with some existing experiments, simple closed form expression will be adjusted to produce good estimators of these properties to the practitioners.
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