A review of experimental investigations and assessment methods for masonry arch bridges

V Sarhosis, S De Santis, G de Felice - Structure and Infrastructure …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Masonry arch bridges constitute a significant proportion of European road and rail
infrastructures. Most of them are well over 100 years old and are supporting traffic loads …

Computational methods for masonry vaults: a review of recent results

A Tralli, C Alessandri, G Milani - The Open Civil Engineering …, 2014 - re.public.polimi.it
The present paper makes a critical review of some methods and models, now available in
the technical litera-ture and commonly used in the analysis of masonry vaults up to their …

3D non-linear behavior of masonry arch bridges

G Milani, PB Lourenço - Computers & Structures, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper, the static non-linear behavior of masonry bridges is numerically analyzed by
means of a 3D FE numerical code. In particular, the three dimensional behavior of the …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic assessment and strengthening of a historical masonry bridge considering soil-structure interaction

A Shabani, M Kioumarsi - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
A holistic methodology for developing the digital twins and conducting seismic vulnerability
assessments of masonry arch bridges is proposed and applied to a historical stone masonry …

Seismic assessment of masonry arch bridges

L Pelà, A Aprile, A Benedetti - Engineering Structures, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, the seismic performance of existing masonry arch bridges is evaluated by
using nonlinear static analysis, as suggested by several modern standards such as UNI …

Lessons learnt from bridge collapse: A view of sustainable management

JS Tan, K Elbaz, ZF Wang, JS Shen, J Chen - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bridge failure is one of the worst infrastructural disasters. This paper investigates the risk of
bridge infrastructures in the view of sustainable management. Statistics on bridge failures …

Full 3D homogenization approach to investigate the behavior of masonry arch bridges: The Venice trans-lagoon railway bridge

E Reccia, G Milani, A Cecchi, A Tralli - Construction and Building Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Some different procedures for the evaluation of the non-linear behavior of masonry arch
bridges are here proposed. In particular, the Venice trans-lagoon masonry arch bridge is …

Discrete element analysis of a stone masonry arch

AR Tóth, Z Orbán, K Bagi - Mechanics Research Communications, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the backfill on the mechanical behavior
of a multi-span masonry arch with the help of the discrete element method. After defining the …

[HTML][HTML] A simple meso-macro model based on SQP for the non-linear analysis of masonry double curvature structures

G Milani, A Tralli - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2012 - Elsevier
A 3D model for the evaluation of the non-linear behavior of masonry double curvature
structures is presented. In the model, the heterogeneous assemblage of blocks is substituted …

Upper bound sequential linear programming mesh adaptation scheme for collapse analysis of masonry vaults

G Milani - Advances in Engineering Software, 2015 - Elsevier
The analysis of masonry double curvature structures by means of the kinematic theorem of
limit analysis is traditionally the most diffused and straightforward method for an estimate of …