Block masonry as equivalent micropolar continua: the role of relative rotations

DOI10.1007/s00707-012-0662-8zbMath1401.74017OpenAlexW2032559658MaRDI QIDQ2392355

Annamaria Pau, Patrizia Trovalusci

Publication date: 1 August 2013

Published in: Acta Mechanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-012-0662-8

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Micromechanics of solids (74M25) Effective constitutive equations in solid mechanics (74Q15) Polar materials (74A35)

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