Analysis of Brick Masonry Wall using Applied Element Method

[摘要] The Applied Element Method (AEM) is a versatile tool for structural analysis. Analysis is done by discretising the structure as in the case of Finite Element Method (FEM). In AEM, elements are connected by a set of normal and shear springs instead of nodes. AEM is extensively used for the analysis of brittle materials. Brick masonry wall can be effectively analyzed in the frame of AEM. The composite nature of masonry wall can be easily modelled using springs. The brick springs and mortar springs are assumed to be connected in series. The brick masonry wall is analyzed and failure load is determined for different loading cases. The results were used to find the best aspect ratio of brick to strengthen brick masonry wall.

[发布机构] Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India^1

[效力级别] 机械制造

[关键词] Brick masonry walls;Element method;Failure load;Masonry walls;Versatile tools