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A virtual microstructure generator for 3D stone masonry walls

Shaqfa, Mahmoud  
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Beyer, Katrin  
November 1, 2022
European Journal Of Mechanics A-Solids

Detailed micromodel simulations of stone masonry walls require as input a 3D mesh that represents a realistic arrangement of stones in the masonry wall. In this paper, we constructed the first 3D masonry microstructures to derive 2D and 3D finite or discrete element meshes for a large range of stone and brick masonry typologies. The generation process was treated as a constraint many-objectives packing optimisation problem, which was designed to mimic the building process of a mason. The generated walls were compared qualitatively and quantitatively with real stone masonry samples of regular and irregular typologies. The Python3.7 codes of the microstructure generator and the generated meshes shown in this paper are all made available under GNU LGPLv3 terms and conditions. The techniques in this paper for generating 3D meshes of stone masonry walls will serve as input for simulations of individual walls, multiscale analyses of entire structures as well as for homogenisation techniques.

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DOI
10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104656
Web of Science ID

WOS:000811277300003

Author(s)
Shaqfa, Mahmoud  
Beyer, Katrin  
Date Issued

2022-11-01

Publisher

ELSEVIER

Published in
European Journal Of Mechanics A-Solids
Volume

96

Article Number

104656

Subjects

Mechanics

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stone masonry

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historical masonry

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microstructure generator

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masonry typology

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finite element analysis

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limit analysis model

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domain reduction

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behavior

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parameterization

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reconstruction

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surfaces

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July 4, 2022
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