ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN OF MASONRY ARCH STRUCTURES USING A MICROCOMPUTER

Several papers are to be presented at this conference on the subject of masonry arch analysis. The technicalities of these analyses are not the subject of this paper. Rather, this will be an attempt to look at the desirable changes that are made possible by ease of analysis on a microcomputer. In this respect the masonry arch may be taken as a model for any structure where back analysis is required. The combination of inadequate information about indeterminate structures holds pitfalls for any engineer but we will attempt to show how these problems may be reduced. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 288957. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Civil-Comp 85. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing held at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 3-5 December 1985, Volume 2.
• Corporate Authors:

  Civil-Comp Press

  10 Saxe-Coburg Place
  Edinburgh,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • HARVEY, W J
• Conference:
  • Civil-Comp 85, Proceedings
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 207-212
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arch bridges; Assessments; Computer aided design; Conferences; Design; Masonry construction; Microcomputers; Statically indeterminate frames
• Old TRIS Terms: Statically indeterminate structure
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00471226
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1987 12:00AM