Structures
DEVELOPING OF AN FE MODEL TO PREDICT THE COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF MASONRY PRISM WITH VARIABLE MORTAR BED THICKNESS
2023 Volume 29 Issue 72 Pages 806-811
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2023 Volume 29 Issue 72 Pages 806-811
A finite element model was developed to study the effect of mortar bed thickness in the compressive behavior of masonry prisms. For this, microplane models, calibrated using 10 mm mortar bed prisms, were used to predict the behavior of prisms with 30 mm and 60 mm mortar beds. The results showed the model could replicate the behavior of the experimental data generally. The models whose components differed significantly in compressive strength were affected by a variation of mortar thickness. In them, a reduction of the confinement effect of brick units over mortar beds was observed when mortar bed thickness increased.
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