Editing Masonry (section)

==Mechanical modeling of masonry structures==

[[Image:Comparison masonry.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A comparison (using transmission [[photoelasticity]]) between the stress diffusion in an elastic body (on the left) and a model of masonry (on the right). A highly localized stress percolation is visible on the right.]]

From the point of view of material modeling, masonry is a special material of extreme mechanical properties (with a very high ratio between strength in compression and in tension), so that the applied loads do not diffuse as they do in elastic bodies, but tend to percolate along lines of high stiffness.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.ing.unitn.it/~bigoni|title=Davide Bigoni|publisher=Solid and Structural Mechanics Group – University of Trento|website=www.ing.unitn.it|access-date=2011-11-27|archive-date=2020-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818112658/http://www.ing.unitn.it/~bigoni/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ing.unitn.it/dims/ssmg/masonry.html |title=video |access-date=2011-11-27 |archive-date=2012-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501102925/http://www.ing.unitn.it/dims/ssmg/masonry.html |url-status=live }}</ref>