FDEM failure analysis: Bell tower of church of St. Francis of Assisi on Kaptol in Zagreb

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Matej Šodan
• Author: Boris Trogrlić
• Author: Damir Foretić
• Author: Antonio Munjiza; MBZ: 121890
• Author: Ivan Balić
• Author: Hrvoje Smoljanović
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: TECHNICAL SCIENCES; Civil Engineering

Abstract (english)

This paper presents a failure analysis of the bell tower of The Church of St. Francis of Assisi
on Kaptol in Zagreb on seismic action using the Finite-Discrete Element method - FDEM. The
bell tower is made of masonry, and throughout history it has had a number of damages and
reconstructions. It was significantly damaged in the Zagreb and Petrinja earthquakes. The
analysis was performed on a simplified FDEM 2D model, and the obtained results showed a good
match between the direction of cracks in the numerical model and the cracks that occurred due
to these earthquakes.

• Keywords (english): : belfry, FDEM analysis, masonry, earthquake
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Unknown
• Publication version: Published version
• Publication title: 1st Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 1CroCEE
• Numbering: pp. 1569-1577
• p-ISSN: 3043-8071
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5592/CO/1CroCEE.2021.274
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:237:693158
• Publication: 2021-03
• Conference: Title: st Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering; Location: Zagreb, Croatia; Start date: 2021-03-22; End date: 2021-03-24; Assembly type: Lecture
• Type of resource: Text
• Publisher: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Građevinski fakultet
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-09-02 09:01:03