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Kamal C Das

Hi Houcem Trabelsi,

There are several articles about masonry discontinuities. For instance, numerical manifold method (NMM) potentially suitable tool to analyze such kind of structures. You may find many leads from following review paper:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xinmei_An/publication/250957115_The_numerical_manifold_method_A_Review/links/02e7e53c76ba051fbd000000.pdf

Wish

Dr. Das

Article The numerical manifold method: A Review

Houcem Trabelsi

Hi Kamal C Das,

Thanks a lot for the article.