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Dry stone retaining structures are structures made of individual
decimeter stone blocks in contact. One advantage of this
construction technology lies in the weak amount of embodied energy
required for their construction, and uses only local materials.
This technology may be a positive answer to the challenges brought
by sustainable policies in civil engineering. Many of these
structures are older than one hundred years and sustain damage due
to ageing; this places the owners in front of a challenging issue.
Usual scientific tools cannot address the specific behavior of such
structures. Due to the discrete nature of the system, a large
amount of energy can be dissipated at contact level before failure
of the structure. The shape, arrangement and possible breakage of
blocks may play a major role in their overall behavior, specific to
these structures. This book brings an overview of the DEM technique
to model the behavior of discrete civil engineering structures.
Physical models, modeling and site measurements are all explored,
helping the civil engineer evaluate the behavior of unique
structures.
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