Statics of historic masonry constructions. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mario Como.
• Authors: Como, Mario
• Contents: Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Contents; 1 Masonry Strength and Deformability; Abstract; 1.1 Brief Notes on the History of Masonry Constructions; 1.2 The Masonry of Historic Buildings; 1.3 Compression Strength of Brick and Stone Elements; 1.3.1 Bricks; 1.3.2 Stone Blocks; 1.3.2.1 Strength of Stone Materials; 1.3.2.2 Tuff Blocks; 1.4 Mortars; 1.4.1 Binders; 1.4.2 Aggregates; 1.4.3 Mortars of Lime; 1.4.3.1 Roman Mortars; 1.4.3.2 Mortars of Historic Masonries; 1.5 Tests on Rock and Mortar Specimens; 1.5.1 Tests on Rock Specimens; 1.5.2 Uniaxial Compression Tests on Mortar Specimens. 1.5.3 Stress Strain Diagrams for Stone and Mortar Materials1.6 A Triaxial Failure Criterion for Stone Materials; 1.6.1 Preliminary Considerations; 1.6.2 Porosity Effects: Micro-Macro Stress States; 1.6.3 Micro-Macro Failure Condition: Reasons of the Different Tensile and Compression Strengths; 1.6.4 Valuation of the Pores Shape Irregularity Factor; 1.6.5 Failure Interaction Domains; 1.6.5.1 Biaxial Stress States; 1.7 Masonry Compression Strength; 1.7.1 Features of Compressed Masonry Failure; 1.7.2 Valuation of Masonry Compression Strength; 1.8 Masonry Tensile Strength. 1.9 Masonry Shear Strength1.10 Masonry Strength and the Variable Course Inclinations; 1.11 Masonry Deformations; 1.11.1 Masonry Elastic Modulus; 1.11.2 Masonry Deformation at the Onset of Blocks Failure; 1.11.3 Stress -- Strain Diagram of the Compressed Masonry; 1.11.4 Creep Deformation of Mortar; 1.11.5 The Concept of Memory in Constitutive Creep Models; 1.11.6 Mortar Shrinkage; References; 2 Fundamentals of Statics of Masonry Solids and Structures; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 No-Tension Masonry Models; 2.2.1 No-Tension Assumption; 2.2.2 The Problem of Elastic Compressive Strains. 2.3 The Rigid No-Tension Model2.3.1 The Heyman's Assumptions; 2.3.2 The Unit Resistant Masonry Cell; 2.3.3 Properties of the Rigid No Tension Material; 2.3.3.1 Stability; 2.3.3.2 Elasticity; 2.3.3.3 The Coulomb Definition of the Masonry Material; 2.4 The Masonry Continuum; 2.4.1 Compatibility Conditions on Loads; 2.4.2 Compatibility Conditions on Stresses; 2.4.3 First Consequence of the No-Tension Assumption; 2.4.4 Impenetrability Condition on the Displacement Fields; 2.4.5 Compatibility Conditions on Strains and Detachments; 2.4.6 The Boundary of the Cracked Body. 2.4.7 Coupled Conditions on Stresses and Strains and on Stress Vectors and Detachments2.4.8 Specifications for One-Dimensional Masonry Systems; 2.4.9 Indeformable Masonry Structures; 2.5 Equilibrium and Compatibility; 2.5.1 Principle of Virtual Work; 2.5.2 Variational Inequality for the Existence of the Admissible Equilibrium State; 2.5.3 No-Existence of Self-Equilibrated Stress Fields in Deformable Structures; 2.5.4 Indeformable Structures: Statically Indeterminate Behaviour; 2.5.5 Admissible Equilibrium in One-Dimensional Systems.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 619 pages)
• Subjects: 624.1/83; Engineering; Masonry; Historic buildings; Structural dynamics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General; Historic buildings; Masonry; Structural dynamics; Engineering; Structural Mechanics; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Solid Construction; Science -- Mechanics -- Solids; Mechanics of solids; Building construction & materials; Mechanics; Mechanics, Applied; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319245690; 3319245694; 3319245678; 9783319245676
• Related ISBNs: 9783319245676
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 27, 2016).; Note: Print version record.
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