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Small Thickness Brick Vaults. Experimental Study of Single-Leaf and Lined Alentejo Tile Vaults
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8617-0604
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2153-7953
This article describes the tests carried out to assess the structural strength of traditional thin brick vaults in the Alentejo region of Portugal, commonly known as “abobadilhas alentejanas”. This type of traditional construction extends throughout the Mediterranean basin, where it takes on different names depending on the country and region. For example, this particular type of vault in Spain is called bóveda tabicada (volta catalana in Catalonia and bóveda extremeña in Extremadura), and in Italy it is called volta in folio (realina in folio in Sicily).
The slenderness of these vaults and the fact that they can be built without centering, using gypsum mortar and taking advantage of the arch effect, are characteristics that distinguish them from other masonry vault solutions.
One of the ways that ancient builders used to increase the strength of Alentejo tile vaults was by superimposing a second layer of brick over the intradorso layer, thus doubling the thickness of the tile vault. Typically, the intradorso layer was made without centering, using gypsum mortars, and the supplementary layer was built on top of it, sometimes with lime mortars, without the use of gypsum.
However, despite the interest that this solution continues to arouse, the structural study of this solution is still scarce and the particularities of its operation have not yet been fully reproduced in structural models. In order to provide more information on this issue, a campaign of experimental tests was carried out on prototypes of single-leaf and lined tile vaults, replicating traditional construction. This article presents the experimental work carried out, describing its procedures, results and main conclusions. Other experimental campaigns were carried out as part of ongoing research, the results of which will be presented in upcoming publications.
Small Thickness Brick Vaults. Experimental Study of Single-Leaf and Lined Alentejo Tile Vaults
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8617-0604
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2153-7953
This article describes the tests carried out to assess the structural strength of traditional thin brick vaults in the Alentejo region of Portugal, commonly known as “abobadilhas alentejanas”. This type of traditional construction extends throughout the Mediterranean basin, where it takes on different names depending on the country and region. For example, this particular type of vault in Spain is called bóveda tabicada (volta catalana in Catalonia and bóveda extremeña in Extremadura), and in Italy it is called volta in folio (realina in folio in Sicily).
The slenderness of these vaults and the fact that they can be built without centering, using gypsum mortar and taking advantage of the arch effect, are characteristics that distinguish them from other masonry vault solutions.
One of the ways that ancient builders used to increase the strength of Alentejo tile vaults was by superimposing a second layer of brick over the intradorso layer, thus doubling the thickness of the tile vault. Typically, the intradorso layer was made without centering, using gypsum mortars, and the supplementary layer was built on top of it, sometimes with lime mortars, without the use of gypsum.
However, despite the interest that this solution continues to arouse, the structural study of this solution is still scarce and the particularities of its operation have not yet been fully reproduced in structural models. In order to provide more information on this issue, a campaign of experimental tests was carried out on prototypes of single-leaf and lined tile vaults, replicating traditional construction. This article presents the experimental work carried out, describing its procedures, results and main conclusions. Other experimental campaigns were carried out as part of ongoing research, the results of which will be presented in upcoming publications.
Small Thickness Brick Vaults. Experimental Study of Single-Leaf and Lined Alentejo Tile Vaults
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8617-0604
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2153-7953
This article describes the tests carried out to assess the structural strength of traditional thin brick vaults in the Alentejo region of Portugal, commonly known as “abobadilhas alentejanas”. This type of traditional construction extends throughout the Mediterranean basin, where it takes on different names depending on the country and region. For example, this particular type of vault in Spain is called bóveda tabicada (volta catalana in Catalonia and bóveda extremeña in Extremadura), and in Italy it is called volta in folio (realina in folio in Sicily).
The slenderness of these vaults and the fact that they can be built without centering, using gypsum mortar and taking advantage of the arch effect, are characteristics that distinguish them from other masonry vault solutions.
One of the ways that ancient builders used to increase the strength of Alentejo tile vaults was by superimposing a second layer of brick over the intradorso layer, thus doubling the thickness of the tile vault. Typically, the intradorso layer was made without centering, using gypsum mortars, and the supplementary layer was built on top of it, sometimes with lime mortars, without the use of gypsum.
However, despite the interest that this solution continues to arouse, the structural study of this solution is still scarce and the particularities of its operation have not yet been fully reproduced in structural models. In order to provide more information on this issue, a campaign of experimental tests was carried out on prototypes of single-leaf and lined tile vaults, replicating traditional construction. This article presents the experimental work carried out, describing its procedures, results and main conclusions. Other experimental campaigns were carried out as part of ongoing research, the results of which will be presented in upcoming publications.
Small Thickness Brick Vaults. Experimental Study of Single-Leaf and Lined Alentejo Tile Vaults
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Corrao, Rossella (Herausgeber:in) / Campisi, Tiziana (Herausgeber:in) / Colajanni, Simona (Herausgeber:in) / Saeli, Manfredi (Herausgeber:in) / Vinci, Calogero (Herausgeber:in) / Rei, João (Autor:in) / Gago, António Sousa (Autor:in)
International Conference of Ar.Tec. (Scientific Society of Architectural Engineering) ; 2024 ; Palermo, Italy
01.11.2024
16 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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