Localized stress percolation through dry masonry walls. Part ii modelling

Davide Bigoni , Giovanni Noselli

The highly localized stress distribution found within dry masonry walls through transmission photoelasticity in Part I of this article is explained both proposing a micromechanical model (based on a form of random cascade transmission of forces between bricks, which includes random coalescence additionally to random branching) and applying a phenomenological description (based on the extreme orthotropy of the equivalent homogeneous material).

Mots clés: Photoelasticity; masonry; granular materials; localized stress paths

Davide Bigoni, Giovanni Noselli. Localized stress percolation through dry masonry walls. Part ii modelling. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 2009, 29 (3), pp.299. ⟨10.1016/j.euromechsol.2009.10.013⟩. ⟨hal-00551038⟩