{"title":"Transverse and axial vibrations of masonry beams and towers","authors":"Maria Girardi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2025.105086","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Studying the effects of the earthquakes’ vertical component on the dynamic response of masonry buildings is still an open issue. This subject is investigated using a simplified masonry-like beam model with a generalized stress–strain relationship. The nonlinear dynamic equations that couple the transverse and axial oscillations of the beam are solved numerically. Some examples are presented and discussed, focusing on the structural typology of masonry towers and the recent earthquakes that threatened the North-Central Apennines in Italy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 105086"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020746225000745","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MECHANICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Studying the effects of the earthquakes’ vertical component on the dynamic response of masonry buildings is still an open issue. This subject is investigated using a simplified masonry-like beam model with a generalized stress–strain relationship. The nonlinear dynamic equations that couple the transverse and axial oscillations of the beam are solved numerically. Some examples are presented and discussed, focusing on the structural typology of masonry towers and the recent earthquakes that threatened the North-Central Apennines in Italy.
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The International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics provides a specific medium for dissemination of high-quality research results in the various areas of theoretical, applied, and experimental mechanics of solids, fluids, structures, and systems where the phenomena are inherently non-linear.
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