- Turkish Journal of Science and Technology
- Volume:13 Issue:1
- Linear Elastic Analyses of Masonry Walls
Linear Elastic Analyses of Masonry Walls
Authors : Erkut Sayın, Yusuf Calayır
Pages : 55-59
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Publication Date : 2018-03-01
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Masonry structures are commonly used in many countries . Load bearing masonry walls are the most important structural element in the masonry structures . In this study , a computer program was written in MATLAB for linear elastic analyses of masonry walls . In addition , a mesh program which meshes the wall as two dimensional model was written in MATLAB. These models were constituted with macro modelling approach . Three different load cases were applied to two dimensional masonry model with opening . The obtained results from the linear elastic analysis were compared with ANSYS software results .Keywords : Masonry walls, Linear elastic behaviour, Finite element method