Crucial to the limit analysis of 3D dry-jointed masonry block structures is a proper description of the constitutive laws that govern the frictional contact behavior. In this paper an extensive experimental investigation is carried out on a stack of two dry-jointed tuff blocks subjected to different loading conditions implying interactions among shear, torsion and bending moments. The results of each set are then compared with those obtained by the analytical model of two overlapped rigid blocks, under the assumptions of infinite compressive, shear and tensile strength for blocks and no-tension and frictional behavior at their contact. The non-linear yield functions are treated as piecewise linearizations in order to provide simplified expressions for mathematical programming in limit analysis formulations. Lastly, a simple example of 3D block assemblage with associative frictional contacts is analyzed using linear programming (LP) formulation to show the computational efficiency related to the developed yield functions.
Experimental and analytical investigation on the frictional contact behavior of 3D masonry block assemblages / Casapulla, Claudia; Portioli, FRANCESCO PAOLO ANTONIO. - In: CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. - ISSN 0950-0618. - 78:(2015), pp. 126-143. [10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.12.100]
Experimental and analytical investigation on the frictional contact behavior of 3D masonry block assemblages
CASAPULLA, CLAUDIA;PORTIOLI, FRANCESCO PAOLO ANTONIO
2015
Abstract
Crucial to the limit analysis of 3D dry-jointed masonry block structures is a proper description of the constitutive laws that govern the frictional contact behavior. In this paper an extensive experimental investigation is carried out on a stack of two dry-jointed tuff blocks subjected to different loading conditions implying interactions among shear, torsion and bending moments. The results of each set are then compared with those obtained by the analytical model of two overlapped rigid blocks, under the assumptions of infinite compressive, shear and tensile strength for blocks and no-tension and frictional behavior at their contact. The non-linear yield functions are treated as piecewise linearizations in order to provide simplified expressions for mathematical programming in limit analysis formulations. Lastly, a simple example of 3D block assemblage with associative frictional contacts is analyzed using linear programming (LP) formulation to show the computational efficiency related to the developed yield functions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
