Numerical analysis of structural masonry: mesoscale approach

This paper is focused on modeling of progressive failure in brick masonry. A mesoscale approach is adopted, in which the structural behavior is examined at the level of constituents, i.e., brick and mortar. An advanced constitutive model, capable of addressing both pre and post-localization behavior, is developed and implemented in a commercial finite element package. The performance of this model is verified by simulating a series of …