Different scale approaches, micromechanical, multiscale and macromechanical or
phenomenological, are presented to study the structural response of masonry elements …

Many historically and artistically important masonry buildings of the world's architecturalheritageareindireneedofmainte…
. Inorder tooptimizesuchoperationsintermsofcost-e? ectiveness, architecturalimpact …

The paper describes the numerical techniques implemented in the finite-element code
NOSA for structural analysis of masonry constructions. The code is then applied to the …

1. The principal subject of this book is to discuss how to use theory and algorithms of
optimization for treating problems in applied mechanics in a comprehensive way. Particular …

Finite element method (FEM) provides the numerically solving differential equations arising
in engineering and mathematical modeling of physical systems. This process begins by …

A numerical model is presented to enable performing non-linear dynamic analysis of
slender masonry structures and elements, such as towers and columns or masonry walls in …

This paper proposes a constitutive equation for masonry-like materials with bounded
compressive strength. The general properties of this equation are proved and its solution is …

We present an algorithmic procedure for the finite element solution of structural problems for
no‐tension materials. The approach is based upon a suitable modification of the tangent …

In this article, a constitutive relation of bounded tensile strength function of the strain state of
the material is proposed for tufa masonry structures with and without fiber reinforced polymer …

We present a novel approach to the elastic problem of masonry walls, which generalizes the
lumped stress method presented in Fraternali, 2001, Fraternali, 2007, Fraternali, 2010 and …