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A. Chiozzi et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 51 (2020) 9-23; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.51.02

Figure 2: (a) NURBS model of masonry wall with openings. (b) Counter-image I w

of the NURBS surface in the parameters space u-v .

(c) Initial subdivision of the parameters space bounding region: step one. (d) Initial subdivision of the counter-image w I of the NURBS surface: step two. (e) GA mesh adaptation in the parameters space bounding region: step one. (f) GA mesh adaptation in the actual parameter space: step two.

Figure 3: Isoparametric linear mapping.

Integrals (3) and (4) on a generic rectangular domain can be approximated by Gauss numerical cubature coupled with a suitable isoparametric approach, see Fig. 3 and [26] for more details.

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