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Numerical Analysis of Bowing Phenomenon Due to Thermal Stresses in Marble Slabs
William Hideki Ito1,2, Anna Maria Ferrero1, Paulo Ivo Braga de Queiroz2
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Turin, 35 Valperga Caluso Street, 10125 Turin, Italy.
Abstract:
Bowing is a pathology known by the deformation experienced in some external covering systems in ornamental stones, especially in marble, and thermal action is one of the key factors that lead to this degradation. Previous studies presented remarkable contributions about the mechanical behavior of bowing but they were based on classical beam's theory and improper assumptions might mislead the evaluation of internal stresses. This study proposes to evaluate internal stresses in bowing due to thermal loading considering the true deformed shape in continuum media. Finite displacement concepts are proposed to calculate stress-strain relationship and comparison with linear elastic theory is also addressed. Internal stresses not predictable in the Euler-Bernoulli beam were found in parametric analyses. Moreover, the numerical analysis accomplished in this paper indicates that transient heat flux should induce higher stresses than just considering higher gradients of temperature in steady flux which could explain the larger decohesion through width in bowing tests.
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