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Masonry Strength and Deformability

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Statics of Historic Masonry Constructions

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This chapter deals with the strength and the deformability of masonry materials, composing the structure of the so called masonry historic constructions. After some historical introductory notes, special attention has been given to the analysis of various strength features of these materials and of their components, as bricks, stone blocks, and mortars. The common peculiarity of all the stone materials, a strength in tension much lower than in compression, is analyzed in detail and a suitable tri-axial failure criterion is thoroughly discussed. These results are then applied to the strength evaluation of uniaxial compression strength of the masonry, composed by regular patterns of blocks and mortar courses, as function of the geometry and strength properties of its components. After the study of the masonry skew compression and shear strengths, the analysis of deformations, both instantaneous as delayed, ends the chapter.

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Como, M. (2017). Masonry Strength and Deformability. In: Statics of Historic Masonry Constructions. Springer Series in Solid and Structural Mechanics, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54738-1_1

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