One of the major problems faced by historic cities today involves the conservation of
heritage buildings. Damage suffered by these buildings can be irreversible and fast-acting …

This paper aims at presenting a new perspective on the modeling of the influence of
foundation settlements in masonry structures. We show that it is possible to model in a …

To predict the settlement and the collapse mechanisms of masonry arch structures caused
by largely moving supports and the value of the support movement leading to collapse, an …

In the framework of rigid block analysis of masonry arches in large displacements, an
innovative numerical procedure that estimates the collapse mechanism and the limit support …

Static and kinematic theorems for limit analysis of masonry arches on moving supports are
herein reformulated in terms of work done by loads. These new formulations are more …

Arches are a structural solution widely adopted in the past, especially when masonry was
the most used constructional material. Their wide-spreading can be, indeed, found in both …

The formulas provided by the standards or available in the literature for the calculation of the
elastic modulus don't consider many variables that influence the results of flat jack tests such …

According to Heyman's safe theorem of the limit analysis of masonry structures, the safety of
masonry arches can be verified by finding at least one line of thrust entirely laying within the …

Masonry arches and vaults have been widely used in the past to construct horizontal
structural elements using materials with low tensile strength. Initially, the design methods …

A large portion of the existing masonry arch bridges in Italy are still in service in the
infrastructure system and are located in a geographical area of high seismic risk. Most of …