The present paper makes a critical review of some methods and models, now available in
the technical litera-ture and commonly used in the analysis of masonry vaults up to their …

The present paper proposes a new Genetic Algorithm NURBS-based approach for the limit
analysis of masonry vaults based on an upper bound formulation. A given masonry vault …

The paper presents the final results of a wide numerical campaign conducted by the authors
at the Technical University of Milan in cooperation with the Italian Cultural and Architectural …

Historical masonry domes are an important part of the architectural and engineering
heritage in the World. They have been extensively used to cover the spaces of temples …

A general and simple numerical strategy that can be used in common practice even by
unexperienced users is proposed to analyze masonry arches reinforced with Steel …

The ultimate limit state behavior of masonry domes under axisymmetric gravity loads is
nowadays well known and it has been proved how a generalization of the thrush line …

Masonry structures are vulnerable to earthquakes, but their seismic assessment remains a
challenge. This dissertation develops and improves several strategies to better understand …

Abstract A new Lower Bound LB plate and shell limit analysis Finite Element FE model for
the analysis at collapse of masonry double curvature structures is presented. The …

This paper reports numerical and experimental investigations carried out to analyse
vulnerability of masonry voussoir arches when subjected to soil settlement. A novel …

This paper aims to illustrate and compare different approaches for the limit analysis of
masonry domes of revolution with an oculus at the top. It specifically focuses on the …