Statics of Historic Masonry Constructions
This successful book, which is now appearing in its second edition, presents a comprehensive new Statics of Masonry Constructions. Masonry constructions are the great majority of the buildings in Europe’s historic centres and the most important monuments
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Mario Como
Statics of Historic Masonry Constructions Second Edition
Springer Series in Solid and Structural Mechanics Volume 5
Series editors Michel Frémond, Rome, Italy Franco Maceri, Rome, Italy
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10616
Mario Como
Statics of Historic Masonry Constructions Second Edition
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Mario Como Department of Civil Engineering University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
ISSN 2195-3511 ISSN 2195-352X (electronic) Springer Series in Solid and Structural Mechanics ISBN 978-3-319-24567-6 ISBN 978-3-319-24569-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24569-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015958658 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013, 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface
Masonry constructions are the majority of the buildings in Europe’s historic centers and the most important monuments in its architectural heritage. Given the age of much of these constructions, the demand for safety assessments and restoration projects is pressing and constant. Nevertheless, there is a lack of a widely accepted approach to studying the statics of masonry structures. Simple linear elastic models, which form the foundation of common structural analyses, cannot in fact be applied to masonry, because of its inherent, widely differing response to tension and compression. The ingenious Heyman no-tension model well interprets the masonry behavior and is widely used and was fruitfully applied in analyzing the statics of systems of arches. However, completely different assumptions are commonly used for other types of masonry structures in other contexts, for example, strength evaluations of masonry buildings under seismic forces, which is rather perplexing, given that a masonry arch, a vault, and a buildin
