section_path: Mechanical modeling of masonry structures
section_name: Mechanical modeling of masonry structures
paragraph_text: Mechanical modeling of masonry structures
  
  From the point of view of material modeling, masonry is a special material of extreme mechanical properties (with a very high ratio between strength in compression and in tension), so that the applied loads do not diffuse as they do in elastic bodies, but tend to percolate along lines of high stiffness.