A. BACIGALUPO

Masonry constructions are built up in successive layers of bricks or blocks that may have considerable effect on the deformation and equilibrium of these structures when they are statically indeterminate and when gravity loads are predominant. This problem is analyzed by referring to a thick arch that reaches its final shape by means of a...

The equations of motion of a second-order continuum equivalent to the periodic masonry made of deformable bricks and mortar are obtained and the overall elastic moduli and the inertial properties are evaluated through a homogenization technique derived from the variational-asymptotic approach proposed by Smyshlyaev and Cherednichenko [23]. The...

As many masonry domes, the dome of the Basilica of S. Maria Assunta in Carignano in Genoa, designed by Galeazzo Alessi and built in the XVIth century, exhibits a relevant crack pattern, consisting mainly of meridian cracks, which puts forward the issue of its safety. Based on Static and Kinematic Theorems of Limit Analysis, a simplified...