Publisher's Synopsis
In masonry, it is necessary to understand the cracking behaviour to inform decisions concerning maintenance, safety risk management, safety level assessment and need for repair/strengthening. In this book, a review of the current strategies for structural modeling and monitoring of masonry will be explained, especially those appropriate for low bond strength or dry joint masonry, which is typical for historic masonry constructions. Available approaches will be compared with regard to their ability to define the initial state of the structure, realism in simulation, computer efficiency and data availability for their application to model masonry structures including a series of case studies.
