The prevalent feature that characterizes masonry structures and makes them dissimilar from
modern reinforced concrete and steel structures is quite definitely their inability to resist …

The elastic solution of a loaded cross-anisotropic half-space is dependent on the type of
anisotropy that is governed by whether the characteristic equation has real and distinct or …

Natural soil deposition process results in formation of anisotropic planes with different
properties along different directions, and hence, such natural deposits possess inherent …

A novel procedure associated with the precise integration method (PIM) and the technique
of dual vector is proposed to effectively calculate the magnitude and distribution of …

Elastic half-space problems are problems in the mathematical theory of elasticity concerned
with the determination of stresses and displacements in the three-dimensional (3D) semi …

The Westergaard expressions for stresses and displacements in a half-space of
Westergaard material are shown to be invalid because the vertical shear stress does not …

Modeling of soft object deformation was dominated by the Mass Spring Method (MSM) and
the Finite Element Method (FEM). Both methods require the discretization of a soft object into …

New expressions of dynamic stress distributions have been proposed based the dynamic
soil mass to calculate not only the stresses under dynamic and static conditions for circular …

In questo capitolo viene riproposta una sistesi dei principali contributi scientifici al problema
della soluzione elastica di semispazi costituiti da materiali con comportamento …

The complexity in detecting the diseases of masonry structures, in correctly interpreting the
crack distribution, identifying its potential causes and possible evolution, evaluating safety …