Multiscale Analysis

Hysteretic Multi-scale Modeling for the Reinforcing of Masonry Structures

The work conducted within the context of this funded project, resulted in what is currently state-of-the-art in the nonlinear dynamic analysis of multi-phase structural systems. Building on the work of Efendiev and Hou (2008) and Zhang et al. (2012), who delivered a multiscale approach for the analysis of such systems, the work conducted as part of this project, introduced a hysteretic FE approach into the multiscale scheme resulting in reduction of the computational cost of the analysis by several orders of magnitude. The developed novel multiscale finite element formulation aims at the nonlinear dynamic analysis of heterogeneous structures, such as composites. 

Output Data

1. A hysteretic multiscale formulation for validating computational models of heterogeneous structures, Download link to accepted version (PDF, 1.2 MB)
2. A Three Dimensional Multiscale Formulation for the Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Masonry Structures, Download link (PDF, 2.1 MB)
3. Towards a Multiscale Scheme for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Masonry Structures with Damage, Download link to accepted version (PDF, 2.7 MB)
4. Risk Analysis of Composite Structures by Subset Estimation Using the Hysteretic Multiscale Finite Element Method, Download link to accepted version (PDF, 302 KB)
5. A hysteretic multiscale formulation for nonlinear dynamic analysis of composite materials, external page link
6. A novel hysteretic multiscale finite element method for nonlinear dynamic analysis of heterogeneous structures, external page link
7. A novel hysteretic multiscale finite element method for nonlinear dynamic analysis of heterogeneous structures, Download link to accepted version (PDF, 790 KB)

Preprint

1. Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Reinforced Masonry Structures across Multiple Scales, Download link to accepted version (PDF, 3.5 MB)
   
   

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