Micro Modelling of Masonry Wall using Abaqus

Abstract

Numerical modelling has been done on the historical masonry structures. Mainly, two types of modelling is associated with masonry structures. Micro modelling and macro modelling. For large structure, macro modelling is adopted and for small scale modelling, the suitable technique is the micro modelling. All this is done to simulate the masonry structure and investigate its response on loading condition and how they behave in such conditions, how their crack propagates, what are their weak zones. This study will be going to numerically model two panels. One of solid wall and the second one with opening at the center in Abaqus 2020 software. The main idea is to analyze the response of these wall panels under certain loading pattern and investigate its behavior and its propagation of cracks. The weak zones will be identified in both cases and difference in the behavior of the two and their response against the loading will be observed and retrofitting techniques will be discussed.