The Matlab code of the method based on the Full Range Factor for assessing the safety of masonry arches.

ABSTRACT: In most masonry arches stresses are very low and, therefore, collapse does not occur because of material failure. As a consequence, the safety of arches should not be assessed by means of a safety factor based on material strength as for conventional structures. In 1969 Heyman was the first to state that the safety of masonry arches relies on their geometry and proposed a method for computing the so-called "geometrical factor of safety" based on the comparison between the shape of the thrust line and the profile of the arch. In this context, we have recently developed a method capable of computing the line of thrust closest to the geometrical axis and defining a safety factor based on the comparison between such a line of thrust and the profile of the arch, which we have denoted as "perfor

SUBMITTER: Galassi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6660453 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature