Nonlinear Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Walls under Blast Loading Using Mesoscale Partitioned Modeling
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 140, Issue 8
Abstract
This paper presents the application of an advanced modeling strategy for the nonlinear analysis of structures with unreinforced masonry (URM) components under blast loading. This approach enables the investigation of the nonlinear dynamic response of large structures with URM walls, accounting for the mechanical and geometrical characteristics of URM components, the coupling between the in-plane and out-of-plane response as well as the interaction between URM panels and the other parts of the considered structural system. According to the utilized strategy an URM wall is described by a parent structure, which consists of super-elements representing the partitioned subdomains, allowing effective parallelization of the nonlinear structural analysis simulation. Each partition is represented by a detailed 3D mesoscale model, which uses an advanced 2D nonlinear interface element that allows the representation of crack propagation in URM elements. Furthermore, the macroscale model considers only the partition boundaries of the mesoscale descriptions and specific macro-elements are introduced to reduce the number of freedoms leading to further enhance the computational savings. Several examples are presented in the paper to validate the proposed approach and to demonstrate its major computational benefits in simulating the response of structures with URM walls subjected to blast loading.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support provided for this research by the High Performance Computing (HPC) Services at Imperial College London.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 140 • Issue 8 • August 2014
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Received: Jan 9, 2013
Accepted: Aug 27, 2013
Published online: Jan 13, 2014
Discussion open until: Jun 13, 2014
Published in print: Aug 1, 2014
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