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Modeling Strategies for the Computational Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Structures: Review and Classification

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Masonry structures, although classically suitable to withstand gravitational loads, are sensibly vulnerable if subjected to extraordinary actions such as earthquakes, exhibiting cracks even for events of moderate intensity compared to other structural typologies like as reinforced concrete or steel buildings. In the last half-century, the scientific community devoted a consistent effort to the computational analysis of masonry structures in order to develop tools for the prediction (and the assessment) of their structural behavior. Given the complexity of the mechanics of masonry, different approaches and scales of representation of the mechanical behavior of masonry, as well as different strategies of analysis, have been proposed. In this paper, a comprehensive review of the existing modeling strategies for masonry structures, as well as a novel classification of these strategies are presented. Although a fully coherent collocation of all the modeling approaches is substantially impossible due to the peculiar features of each solution proposed, this classification attempts to make some order on the wide scientific production on this field. The modeling strategies are herein classified into four main categories: block-based models, continuum models, geometry-based models, and macroelement models. Each category is comprehensively reviewed. The future challenges of computational analysis of masonry structures are also discussed.

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  1. Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 2, 40136, Bologna, Italy

    Antonio Maria D’Altri, Giovanni Castellazzi & Stefano de Miranda

  2. School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Vasilis Sarhosis

  3. Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (A.B.C.), Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy

    Gabriele Milani

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    Serena Cattari & Sergio Lagomarsino

  6. Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Elio Sacco

  7. Engineering Department, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44122, Ferrara, Italy

    Antonio Tralli

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D’Altri, A.M., Sarhosis, V., Milani, G. et al. Modeling Strategies for the Computational Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Structures: Review and Classification. Arch Computat Methods Eng 27, 1153–1185 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-019-09351-x

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