Assessment of masonry arch bridges
Historic brickwork under compression and bending
Description The study gives a contribution on the knowledge of the compressive behaviour of brickwork used in railway bridges, and to the way this information can be incorporated in structural modelling. An experimental investigation was carried out on brickwork specimens made with old clay bricks and lime mortar such as to reproduce the original components […]
Researchers: Gianmarco de Felice Stefano De Santis
Load-carrying and seismic capacity of masonry arch bridges
Description Multi-span masonry arch bridges are modelled with a fibre beam-based approach, which both allows for a detailed description of the nonlinear material properties of the materials and ensures limited ocmputational efforts. This method is used to assess the load-carrying capacity of masonry bridges and the dynamic behaviour under earthquake base motion. The former (load-carrying […]
Researchers: Gianmarco de Felice Stefano De Santis