A heretical point of view in masonry structures dynamics

Protection from static and dynamic actions is an urgent matter for masonry buildings, which constitute the majority of the world’s architectural heritage. For this reason, the search for best strategies to analyse the mechanical responses of such structures under both dead and seismic loads has been...

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Main Authors: Mario Argenziano, Enrico Babilio, Yoshiki Ikeda, Massimiliano Fraldi
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Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241148
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description Protection from static and dynamic actions is an urgent matter for masonry buildings, which constitute the majority of the world’s architectural heritage. For this reason, the search for best strategies to analyse the mechanical responses of such structures under both dead and seismic loads has been at the centre of a vivid debate within the scientific community for decades. Although many different approaches and computational methods have been proposed in the literature over the years, most of them make reference to no-tension materials, starting from the pioneering work by Heyman in the framework of limit analysis. However, implementing the hypothesis of masonry walls made by rigid blocks interacting through no-tension interfaces often leads to inconsistent results due to possible interpenetrating elements. In dynamic simulations, undesired blocks’ interpenetration forces algorithms to continuously check the compatibility and to eventually stop and restart the analysis with somehow arbitrary initial conditions. By introducing well-established hyperelastic and friction laws at bricks’ interfaces, we propose a heretical strategy that overcomes some difficulties of the above-mentioned approaches, recovering physical consistency and avoiding any interpenetrations.
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spelling doaj-art-dadf07f163fb41ac8afdb00e020388e62025-08-20T02:55:42ZengThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society Open Science2054-57032025-04-0112410.1098/rsos.241148A heretical point of view in masonry structures dynamicsMario Argenziano0Enrico Babilio1Yoshiki Ikeda2Massimiliano Fraldi3Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, ItalyDisaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, ItalyProtection from static and dynamic actions is an urgent matter for masonry buildings, which constitute the majority of the world’s architectural heritage. For this reason, the search for best strategies to analyse the mechanical responses of such structures under both dead and seismic loads has been at the centre of a vivid debate within the scientific community for decades. Although many different approaches and computational methods have been proposed in the literature over the years, most of them make reference to no-tension materials, starting from the pioneering work by Heyman in the framework of limit analysis. However, implementing the hypothesis of masonry walls made by rigid blocks interacting through no-tension interfaces often leads to inconsistent results due to possible interpenetrating elements. In dynamic simulations, undesired blocks’ interpenetration forces algorithms to continuously check the compatibility and to eventually stop and restart the analysis with somehow arbitrary initial conditions. By introducing well-established hyperelastic and friction laws at bricks’ interfaces, we propose a heretical strategy that overcomes some difficulties of the above-mentioned approaches, recovering physical consistency and avoiding any interpenetrations.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241148masonry structuresin-plane behaviourhyperelastic modelsnonlinear mechanicsnon-smooth contact dynamicsrigid blocks
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Enrico Babilio
Yoshiki Ikeda
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A heretical point of view in masonry structures dynamics
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masonry structures
in-plane behaviour
hyperelastic models
nonlinear mechanics
non-smooth contact dynamics
rigid blocks
title A heretical point of view in masonry structures dynamics
title_full A heretical point of view in masonry structures dynamics
title_fullStr A heretical point of view in masonry structures dynamics
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title_short A heretical point of view in masonry structures dynamics
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topic masonry structures
in-plane behaviour
hyperelastic models
nonlinear mechanics
non-smooth contact dynamics
rigid blocks
url https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241148
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