Stress analysis of masonry vaults and static efficacy of FRP repairs

[摘要] In the paper, the basic principles for the analysis of structures made by Not-Resisting-Tension (NRT) material are introduced; the theory is then applied for investigating the static behaviour of a NRT masonry arch model and to test the effect of reinforcements made by FRP strips of variable length. A wide experimental campaign is developed and numerical/experimental comparison is provided in order to evaluate the skill of the adopted model in capturing the real behaviour of the structure with or without reinforcement. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

[发布日期] 2007-12-01

[关键词] Masonry-like structures;not-resisting-tension model;theoretical approaches;numerical-experimental validation