D Altri, AM, Milani, G, de Miranda, S et al. (2 more authors) (2019) On the Stability Analysis of a Geometrically Complex Leaning Historic Structure. In: Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. RILEM Bookseries, 18 . Springer , pp. 975-982. ISBN 978-3-319-99440-6
Abstract
In this paper, a simple approach for the stability analysis of the southwest leaning ruined tower of the Caerphilly castle (Wales, UK) is discussed. To account for the actual complex geometry of the tower, a mesh generation procedure recently proposed by the authors is used to automatically transform the 3D point cloud surveyed from the tower into a 3D solid finite element model. A simple approach based on nonlinear static analyses is pursued to evaluate the stability condition of the tower. Geometric nonlinearity and nonlinear plastic-damaging behavior of masonry are supposed. Results show that the proposed approach could serve as a simplified method to evaluate the stability of leaning historic structures considering their actual geometry.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, RILEM. This is an author produced version of a paper published in accepted for publication in Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Leaning towers; stability; plastic-damage model; laser scanning; point cloud |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 May 2019 14:07 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jan 2021 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Series Name: | RILEM Bookseries |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-319-99441-3_105 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:146060 |