On generalized Cosserat-type theories of plates and shells: a short review and bibliography

J Altenbach, H Altenbach, VA Eremeyev - Archive of Applied Mechanics, 2010‏ - Springer
One of the research direction of Horst Lippmann during his whole scientific career was
devoted to the possibilities to explain complex material behavior by generalized continua …

In plane loaded masonry walls: DEM and FEM/DEM models. A critical review

D Baraldi, E Reccia, A Cecchi - Meccanica, 2018‏ - Springer
This work is dedicated to the assessment of the nonlinear behaviour of masonry panels with
regular texture and subject to in-plane loads, by means of numerical pushover analysis and …

Scale-dependent homogenization of random composites as micropolar continua

P Trovalusci, M Ostoja-Starzewski, ML De Bellis… - European Journal of …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
A multitude of composite materials ranging from polycrystals to rocks, concrete, and masonry
overwhelmingly display random morphologies. While it is known that a Cosserat …

Generalized continua and non‐homogeneous boundary conditions in homogenisation methods

S Forest, DK Trinh - ZAMM‐Journal of Applied Mathematics …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Extensions of classical homogenization methods are presented that are used to replace a
composite material by an effective generalized continuum model. Homogeneous equivalent …

Continuum damage model for orthotropic materials: Application to masonry

L Pelà, M Cervera, P Roca - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
This paper contributes to the formulation of continuum damage models for orthotropic
materials under plane stress conditions. Two stress transformation tensors, related to tensile …

[HTML][HTML] A multiscale damage analysis of periodic composites using a couple-stress/Cauchy multidomain model: Application to masonry structures

L Leonetti, F Greco, P Trovalusci, R Luciano… - Composites Part B …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
A novel multiscale strategy is proposed for the damage analysis of masonry structures
modeled as periodic composites. Such a computational strategy, whose aim is to reduce the …

Rigid element model for in‐plane dynamics of masonry walls considering hysteretic behaviour and damage

S Casolo, F Pena - Earthquake engineering & structural …, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
A specific rigid element approach is proposed for the in‐plane dynamical analysis of
masonry walls, whose seismic performance is strongly related to mechanical deterioration …

Derivation of microstructured continua from lattice systems via principle of virtual works: the case of masonry-like materials as micropolar, second gradient and …

P Trovalusci, A Pau - Acta Mechanica, 2014‏ - Springer
The description of the mechanical behaviour of brick/block masonry through equivalent
continua is presented here as a paradigmatic example of the problem of gross modelling of …

Crack pattern–based machine learning prediction of residual drift capacity in damaged masonry walls

M Pereira, AM D'Altri, S de Miranda… - Computer‐Aided Civil …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we present a method based on an ensemble of convolutional neural networks
(CNNs) for the prediction of residual drift capacity in unreinforced damaged masonry walls …

Multiscale computational first order homogenization of thick shells for the analysis of out-of-plane loaded masonry walls

M Petracca, L Pelà, R Rossi, S Oller, G Camata… - Computer Methods in …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This work presents a multiscale method based on computational homogenization for the
analysis of general heterogeneous thick shell structures, with special focus on periodic brick …