Parametric analysis of masonry arches following a limit analysis approach: Influence of joint friction, pier texture, and arch shallowness

AJ Rios, B Nela, M **aro, E Reccia… - … and Mechanics of …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Among the most characteristic structures in historical constructions for crossing large spans
are the masonry vaulted structures by utilizing their geometric stability to safely transfer the …

Computational methods applied to earthen historical structures

A Jiménez Rios, S Ruiz-Capel, V Plevris… - Frontiers in Built …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Earthen structures have an important representation among the UNESCO World Heritage
List sites as well as among the built environment in general. Unfortunately, earthen heritage …

[HTML][HTML] Calibration of micromechanical parameters for the discrete element simulation of a masonry arch using artificial intelligence

G Kibriya, Á Orosz, J Botzheim, K Bagi - Infrastructures, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study focuses on an old but still unresolved problem of automatically calibrating the
constitutive parameters of discrete element models. Instead of the troublesome and time …

[HTML][HTML] Non-Uniform TFA reduced multiscale procedure for shell-3D modeling of periodic masonry structures

D Addessi, P Di Re, C Gatta, E Sacco - Mechanics Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work proposes a reduced-order multiscale model for the analysis of masonry elements
subjected to in-plane and out-of-plane loading conditions. The Transformation Field …

Limit analysis of multi-ring masonry arches: a parametric study on the effects of friction angle, geometry, interlocking, and ring number

B Nela, M **aro, P Trovalusci… - Frontiers in Built …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The majority of built heritage covering large spans are built with curved masonry
components, such as multi-ring arches, to attain greater overall thickness. Their ultimate …

Learning from the Past: Parametric Analysis of Cob Walls

A Jiménez Rios - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the results obtained from a series of parametric analyses, where the influence
that geometric and mechanical parameters have in the structural response of existing …

[PDF][PDF] Computational methods applied to earthen historical structures

AJ Rios, S Ruiz-Capel, V Plevris… - Frontiers in Built …, 2023 - researchgate.net
The UNESCO World Heritage List (WHL) comprises 1157 sites in 167 countries (as of April
2023). Additionally, there are 55 properties inscribed in the UNESCO List of World Heritage …