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Modeling the Behavior of Radially Pinned Brick Triplets

  • Jonathan HaynesEmail author
  • Ahmed Naggasa
  • Levingshan Augusthus-Nelson
  • Feras El-Basir
  • Abdulaziz Alsaleh
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Part of the Structural Integrity book series (STIN, volume 11)

Abstract

The continued use of many UK highway and railway masonry arch bridges is dependent upon maintaining robustness as the materials deteriorate over time. A common failure in multi-ring brickwork arches subject to fatigue, is ring separation.

This paper offers some early results from an investigation of a ring separation repair technique involving radial pinning. Triplet testing is used to establish and compare the structural behavior of two types of shear reinforcement, which are validated by finite element modelling. Conclusions are drawn which are potentially of significant practical interest to masonry arch bridge owners and assessors.

Keywords

Masonry Ring separation Shear reinforcement 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Directorate of Civil EngineeringUniversity of SalfordSalfordUK

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