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Homogenization of heterogeneous masonry beams

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This study presents a two-scale model to describe the out-of-plane masonry response. One-dimensional (1D) structural elements, like masonry columns or strips of long wall characterized by the periodic repetition of bricks and mortar arranged in stack bond, are considered. A damage-friction plasticity law is adopted to model the mortar joint constitutive response, while the bricks are assumed as linear elastic. A 1D beam formulation is introduced at both the structural and micromechanical scale, linking the two levels by means of a kinematic map. This expresses the microscopic beam strains in the masonry unit cell (UC) as function of the macroscopic generalized strains. The kinematic field in the UC is completed by adding an unknown periodic fluctuation term. A nonlinear homogenization procedure is developed, proposing a semi-analytical solution for the micromechanical problem, based on the fiber discretization of the mortar joints. A force-based beam-column finite element procedure is adopted at the structural scale and the solution algorithm for the element state determination is illustrated in details. Some numerical applications, showing the UC constitutive response and the behavior of masonry structural elements, are finally presented.

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This study was funded by ReLUIS (Italian Department of Civil Protection), MIUR-PRIN, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio and University of Rome Sapienza.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica, Università di Roma Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy

    Daniela Addessi

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Meccanica, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Via G. Di Biasio 43, 03043, Cassino, Italy

    Elio Sacco

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Addessi, D., Sacco, E. Homogenization of heterogeneous masonry beams. Meccanica 53, 1699–1717 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-017-0758-2

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