Antonio Tralli

TL;DR: In this article, a simple micro-mechanical model for the homogenised limit analysis of in-plane loaded masonry is proposed, assuming brickwork under plane stress condition and adopting a polynomial expansion for the 2D stress field.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the existing modeling strategies for masonry structures, as well as a novel classification of these strategies are presented, which attempts to make some order on the wide scientific production on this field.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a simplified homogenization technique for the analysis of masonry subjected to out-of-plane loading, and used finite element triangular elements for the upper and lower bound limit analyses.

TL;DR: In this paper, the homogenized failure surfaces obtained through the simple micro-mechanical model developed in the first part of the paper are used for the analysis of in-plane loaded masonry walls.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new six-noded triangular curved element was developed for the kinematic limit analysis of masonry shells, where plastic dissipation is allowed only at the interfaces (generalized cylindrical hinges) between adjoining elements for combined membrane actions, bending moment, torsion and out-of-plane shear, as it is required for the analysis of thick (Reissner-Mindlin) shells.