The paper is aimed at providing approaches to the analysis of buildings alternative to simplified methods usually adopted in professional practice, which do typically involve drastic simplifications of the fabric. | Holonomic non-linear modelling for the analysis of heterogeneously resisting structures Engineering Solid Mechanics 6 2018 253-262 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Engineering Solid Mechanics homepage esm Holonomic non-linear modelling for the analysis of heterogeneously resisting structures Ileana Corbia Ottavia Corbia and Haitao Lib a Department of Structural Engineering University of Naples Federico II via Claudio 21 80133 Napoli Italy b Department of Building Engineering Nanjing Forestry University china A R T I C L EI N F O ABSTRACT Article history Failure analyses require more and more reliable and robust approaches to structural response Received 10 January 2018 prediction. This represents a quite complex task to be accomplished especially when dealing Accepted 27 May 2018 with historical or ancient constructions in seismic geographic areas. The paper is aimed at Available online providing approaches to the analysis of buildings alternative to simplified methods usually 27 May 2018 Keywords adopted in professional practice which do typically involve drastic simplifications of the Nonlinear analysis fabric. The approach allows developing full holonomic non-linear analyses for forecasting the Building structures behavior of structural panels present in the structural system and it results in higher reliability Structural panels and flexibility than ordinary procedures that are generally adopted in commercial software and Full mathematical modeling are typically based on gross simplifications of the real structure. The presented method allows taking into account the real geometry of the masonry building under analysis also including a number of elements such as architraves tendons or reinforcements possibly incorporated into the walls. Besides the consistent improved reliability in performing structural analyses under quasi-static loads the main potential of the approach is related to the possibility of developing its .
