The Degrading Effective Stiffness of Masonry Finite Element Model: Amendments to Allow for a Non-symmetric Damage Element
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This paper presents research on a non-symmetric damage element developed initially for the Ularc Finite Element Method (FEM) program. The paper outlines the mathematical development of the beam element, provides details of the use of the damage model in the FEM implementation, and sets out the limitations of the method. Recent mathematical research has focussed on implementing a symmetric finite element as part of the ULARC FEM package, which provides a simple but robust simple to test the mathematical implementation of damage theory on simple masonry structures with known failure methods.
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