Nonlinear modeling of masonry buildings

by M. Betti, G. Bartoli, R. Corazzi and V. Kovacevic, Università di Firenze

This recent publication in the journal Bollettino degli Ingegneri shows the effectiveness of Code_Aster and Salome-Meca for non-linear modeling of masonry structures. After a brief description of the code and the behavior law used (Mazars), two use-case are analyzed for which the Code_Aster results are compared with a commercial solution :

• Modeling a diagonal compression test
• Modeling of a masonry building

Livello di danno per pushover uniforme direzione +X (parete AB, si veda Fig. 15b): quadro di danno Code Aster