A thrust network approach to the equilibrium problem of unreinforced masonry vaults via polyhedral stress functions

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Architectural geometry (2007, background): “One such developlment is to identify an auxiliary discrete surface generated from reciprocal force diagrams with a finite element discretization of the Airy potential which occurs in the continuous shell equations [35].”
Minimum mass design of tensegrity bridges with parametric architecture and multiscale complexity (2014, methodology): “, 2011; Koohestani, 2012), or the umped stress method (Fraternali et al., 2002; Fraternali, 2010), and n enlargement of the present numerical analysis to more complex earch domains and real case studies.”
Modeling Strategies for the Computational Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Structures: Review and Classification (2019, background): “Another interesting thrust network approach has been developed by Fraternali [275], where the equilibrium problem of unreinforced masonry vaults is investigated through polyhedral stress functions.”