Statics of Historic Masonry Constructions / / by Mario Como

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910254244703321
• Autore: Como Mario
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
• ISBN: 3-319-24569-4
• Edizione: [2nd ed. 2016.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (633 p.)
• Collana: Springer Series in Solid and Structural Mechanics, , 2195-3511 ; ; 5
• Disciplina: 363.690973
• Soggetti: Mechanics; Mechanics, Applied; Building construction; Solid Mechanics; Solid Construction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Contents; 1 Masonry Strength and Deformability; Abstract; 1.1 Brief Notes on the History of Masonry Constructions; 1.2 The Masonry of Historic Buildings; 1.3 Compression Strength of Brick and Stone Elements; 1.3.1 Bricks; 1.3.2 Stone Blocks; 1.3.2.1 Strength of Stone Materials; 1.3.2.2 Tuff Blocks; 1.4 Mortars; 1.4.1 Binders; 1.4.2 Aggregates; 1.4.3 Mortars of Lime; 1.4.3.1 Roman Mortars; 1.4.3.2 Mortars of Historic Masonries; 1.5 Tests on Rock and Mortar Specimens; 1.5.1 Tests on Rock Specimens; 1.5.2 Uniaxial Compression Tests on Mortar Specimens; 1.5.3 Stress Strain Diagrams for Stone and Mortar Materials1.6 A Triaxial Failure Criterion for Stone Materials; 1.6.1 Preliminary Considerations; 1.6.2 Porosity Effects: Micro-Macro Stress States; 1.6.3 Micro-Macro Failure Condition: Reasons of the Different Tensile and Compression Strengths; 1.6.4 Valuation of the Pores Shape Irregularity Factor; 1.6.5 Failure Interaction Domains; 1.6.5.1 Biaxial Stress States; 1.7 Masonry Compression Strength; 1.7.1 Features of Compressed Masonry Failure; 1.7.2 Valuation of Masonry Compression Strength; 1.8 Masonry Tensile Strength; 1.9 Masonry Shear Strength1.10 Masonry Strength and the Variable ; Course Inclinations; 1.11 Masonry Deformations; 1.11.1 Masonry Elastic Modulus; 1.11.2 Masonry Deformation at the Onset of Blocks Failure; 1.11.3 Stress--Strain Diagram of the Compressed Masonry; 1.11.4 Creep Deformation of Mortar; 1.11.5 The Concept of Memory in Constitutive Creep Models; 1.11.6 Mortar Shrinkage; References; 2 Fundamentals of Statics of Masonry Solids and Structures; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 No-Tension Masonry Models; 2.2.1 No-Tension Assumption; 2.2.2 The Problem of Elastic Compressive Strains; 2.3 The Rigid No-Tension Model2.3.1 The Heyman's Assumptions; 2.3.2 The Unit Resistant Masonry Cell; 2.3.3 Properties of the Rigid No Tension Material; 2.3.3.1 Stability; 2.3.3.2 Elasticity; 2.3.3.3 The Coulomb Definition of the Masonry Material; 2.4 The Masonry Continuum; 2.4.1 Compatibility Conditions on Loads; 2.4.2 Compatibility Conditions on Stresses; 2.4.3 First Consequence of the No-Tension Assumption; 2.4.4 Impenetrability Condition on the Displacement Fields; 2.4.5 Compatibility Conditions on Strains and Detachments; 2.4.6 The Boundary of the Cracked Body; 2.4.7 Coupled Conditions on Stresses and Strains and on Stress Vectors and Detachments2.4.8 Specifications for One-Dimensional Masonry Systems; 2.4.9 Indeformable Masonry Structures; 2.5 Equilibrium and Compatibility; 2.5.1 Principle of Virtual Work; 2.5.2 Variational Inequality for the Existence of the Admissible Equilibrium State; 2.5.3 No-Existence of Self-Equilibrated Stress Fields in Deformable Structures; 2.5.4 Indeformable Structures: Statically Indeterminate Behaviour; 2.5.5 Admissible Equilibrium in One-Dimensional Systems; 2.5.6 Admissible Equilibrium of Elastic No Tension One-Dimensional Systems
• Sommario/riassunto: This successful book, which is now appearing in its second edition, presents a comprehensive new Statics of Masonry Constructions. Masonry constructions are the great majority of the buildings in Europe’s historic centres and the most important monuments in its architectural heritage. Given the age of these constructions, the demand for safety assessments and restoration projects is pressing and constant. The book you hold in hands contributes to fill this demand. The second edition integrates the original text of the first edition with new developments, widening and revisions, due to recent research studies achievements. The result is a book that gives a complete picture of the behaviour of the Masonry Constructions. First of all, it gives the fundamentals of its Statics, based on the no-tension assumption, and then it develops the Limit Analysis for the Masonry Constructions. In this framework, through an interdisciplinary approach combining Engineering and Architecture, the book also investigates the static behaviour of many historic monuments, such as the Pantheon, the Colosseum, the domes of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and St Peter’s in Rome, as well as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Gothic Cathedrals. Finally, the book gives an in-depth study of masonry buildings under seismic actions.