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Restrained shrinkage of massive masonry walls

Molnar, Miklos LU (2004) 13th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference 2. p.449-458
Abstract
Restrained shrinkage of massive, one-storey, non-load bearing masonry walls with one-sided restraint has been simulated. A discontinuum model, including tensile and shear failure of mortar joints is employed to reproduce masonry behaviour in crack zones. Where cracking is not expected, masonry is modelled as an elastic continuum. The model is implemented in the commercial finite element programme ANSYS. The simu-lations show that cracking of walls is delayed if slip joints with low cohesion are applied at the wall foundation boundary or if weaker, lime rich mortars are employed instead of strong, cement rich mortars.
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keywords
Masonry, cracking, simulation, KstrMasonry, restrained shrinkage
host publication
[Host publication title missing]
editor
Martens, Dirk
volume
2
pages
9 pages
publisher
Eindhoven University of Technology
conference name
13th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference
conference dates
2004-07-04 - 2004-07-04
ISBN
90-90-18294-2
language
English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{Restrained shrinkage of massive, one-storey, non-load bearing masonry walls with one-sided restraint has been simulated. A discontinuum model, including tensile and shear failure of mortar joints is employed to reproduce masonry behaviour in crack zones. Where cracking is not expected, masonry is modelled as an elastic continuum. The model is implemented in the commercial finite element programme ANSYS. The simu-lations show that cracking of walls is delayed if slip joints with low cohesion are applied at the wall foundation boundary or if weaker, lime rich mortars are employed instead of strong, cement rich mortars.}},
  author       = {{Molnar, Miklos}},
  booktitle    = {{[Host publication title missing]}},
  editor       = {{Martens, Dirk}},
  isbn         = {{90-90-18294-2}},
  keywords     = {{Masonry; cracking; simulation; KstrMasonry; restrained shrinkage}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{449--458}},
  publisher    = {{Eindhoven University of Technology}},
  title        = {{Restrained shrinkage of massive masonry walls}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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