Two-dimensional experimental and numerical modelling of a soil-filled masonry arch

Ahmad, S, Augusthus Nelson, L ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3092-7635 and Swift, GM 2015, 'Two-dimensional experimental and numerical modelling of a soil-filled masonry arch' , in: Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering , ICE Publishing.

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Abstract

The ultimate load carrying capactiy of soil-filled masonry arches is significantly higher than that of bare masonry arches. The soil fill has a stabalising effect on the masonry arch, distributing the live load and providing passive resistance to deformation of the arch. The masonry arch behaves in a discontinuous manner, governed by interaction between masonry units and soil-masonry interfaces, where forces and displacements are concentrated. In order to understand the behaviour of this soil-structure system, a full scale masonry arch was constructed under laboratory conditions within a stiff, very low-friction chamber to accomodate backfill and confine the system to planar deformation. The system was subjected to monotonic quasi-static loading to collapse. The experimentally observed behaviour is compared with that of a 2-dimensional numerical model of the system using commercial distinct element software.

Item Type:	Book Section
Schools:	Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre
Publisher:	ICE Publishing
ISBN:	9780727760678
Funders:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Depositing User:	L Augusthus Nelson
Date Deposited:	11 Apr 2016 10:13
Last Modified:	25 May 2021 08:20
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/38683

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