Structural Rehabilitation of Old Buildings

ISBN-13: 9783642396854 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 348 str.

Anibal Costa; Joao Miranda Guedes; Humberto Varum

Opis

This present book describes the different construction systems and structural materials and elements within the main buildings typologies, and it analyses the particularities of each of them, including, at the end, general aspects concerning laboratory and in-situ testing, numerical modeling, vulnerability assessment and construction maintenance.

Spis treści

Introduction and Rehabilitation: Aims & Scopes.- Construction Systems.- Building Materials and Components.- Laboratorial and In-field Tests.- Modeling.- Vulnerability Assessment.- Construction Maintenance.

Blurb

The present book describes the different construction systems and structural materials and solutions within the main old buildings typologies, and it analyses the particularities of each of them, including mechanical properties, structural behaviour, typical damage patterns and collapse mechanisms. Common or pioneering intervention measures to repair and/or strengthen some of these structural elements are also reviewed.