Equilibrated divergence measure stress tensor fields for heavy masonry bodies

In this paper we study the equilibrium problem of rectangular panels made of no-tension material under gravity and undergoing a vertical load distributed on their top and a horizontal load distributed on a lateral side. Equilibrated and negative semi-definite stress fields are presented which are tensor-valued measure whose distributional divergence is a vector-valued measure. Then, for a fixed vertical load, the maximum value of the lateral load which is compatible with the equilibrium of the panel is determined.