Unreinforced masonry is that in which the tensile strength of the masonry is taken into consideration in design. Allowable out-of-plane tensile stress values are a function of the mortar type, such as Portland cement/lime mortar vs. masonry cement mortar or type M or S mortar vs. type N mortar. The allowable tensile stress is also a function of the masonry construction, such as tension parallel...

ARELLANO, C. J., C. S. LAYNE, D. P. O’CONNOR, M. SCOTT-PANDORF, and M. J. KURZ. Does Load Carrying Influence dynamical system analysis to investigate the effect of carrying external loads on the stability of the locomotive system and sagittal plane kinematics. We hypothesized that carrying an additional load at the waist would 1) decrease the dynamic stability of the locomotive system and 2) ca...

Abstract The aim of this work is to study the stress distributions and location hot spots in vicinity intersection lines tubular elements TY-joints. Using finite element models, we analyze effects geometrical parameters on concentration factor case in-plane bending out-of-plane loads, around weld toe joints. Our results reveal maximum at heel or loads saddle point loads. Six parametric equation...

The Galerkin method is applied to analyze the elastic large deflection behavior of metal plates subject to a combination of in-plane loads such as biaxial loads, edge shear and biaxial inplane bending moments, and uniformly or nonuniformly distributed lateral pressure loads. The motive of the present study was initiated by the fact that metal plates of ships and ship-shaped offshore structures ...