Analytical solutions for rigid block structures under small displacements regime

• Author(s): Prieto, Francisco ; Lourenço, Paulo B.
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/14514
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Rigid body; coupled rotations; Dirac-delta; impact; masonry; rocking motion
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The methodology presented in this work combines the theoretical framework developed for the dynamics of coupled rigid elements with the characteristics of rocking motion, in order to reproduce the behaviour of blocky masonry structures un der seismic actions. As an application, a closed kinematic chain structure is analysed for the case of harmonic forcing.