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Structural Behaviour of Masonry Systems in Monumental Buildings: An Outline
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Masonry structures cover a very wide range of monumental works in space and time, covering almost 6000 years. The structural assessment of the load-carrying capacity of such old structures depends on several parameters such as: (a) material strength; (b) texture of the structure; (c) geometrical form and dimensions; (d) existing loading and constraints; and (e) expected loadings at failure. Detailed calculations are also required for the structural evaluation using most of the above parameters firstly by considering the gravity loads and secondly by the combination of gravity load and lateral action in areas of high seismicity. However, at the same time, it is equally significant for the structural engineer, who is involved in structural restoration design, to know in depth qualitatively the basic forms and their structural behaviour of monumental buildings. The structural engineer in charge must understand from the beginning, qualitatively, the structural behaviour of a building under consideration to various basic actions so that one can make a preliminary diagnosis of the causes that are responsible for the existing damages (cracks, drifts, settlements, splitting etc.). In this way, one will be in a position to focus on the detailed research, in situ and laboratory, to the critical points of the building, and can conduct the analysis and design using suitable models for a credible safety evaluation. Therefore, an effort is made in the present study to give a qualitative approach to the structural behaviour of the basic structural forms of masonry monumental and historical buildings, where the consequences of the seismic action are traumatic now and then. This article gives an outline and creates background information for further structural evaluation of the monuments.
Structural Behaviour of Masonry Systems in Monumental Buildings: An Outline
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2291-4033
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5019-9578
Masonry structures cover a very wide range of monumental works in space and time, covering almost 6000 years. The structural assessment of the load-carrying capacity of such old structures depends on several parameters such as: (a) material strength; (b) texture of the structure; (c) geometrical form and dimensions; (d) existing loading and constraints; and (e) expected loadings at failure. Detailed calculations are also required for the structural evaluation using most of the above parameters firstly by considering the gravity loads and secondly by the combination of gravity load and lateral action in areas of high seismicity. However, at the same time, it is equally significant for the structural engineer, who is involved in structural restoration design, to know in depth qualitatively the basic forms and their structural behaviour of monumental buildings. The structural engineer in charge must understand from the beginning, qualitatively, the structural behaviour of a building under consideration to various basic actions so that one can make a preliminary diagnosis of the causes that are responsible for the existing damages (cracks, drifts, settlements, splitting etc.). In this way, one will be in a position to focus on the detailed research, in situ and laboratory, to the critical points of the building, and can conduct the analysis and design using suitable models for a credible safety evaluation. Therefore, an effort is made in the present study to give a qualitative approach to the structural behaviour of the basic structural forms of masonry monumental and historical buildings, where the consequences of the seismic action are traumatic now and then. This article gives an outline and creates background information for further structural evaluation of the monuments.
Structural Behaviour of Masonry Systems in Monumental Buildings: An Outline
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2291-4033
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5019-9578
Masonry structures cover a very wide range of monumental works in space and time, covering almost 6000 years. The structural assessment of the load-carrying capacity of such old structures depends on several parameters such as: (a) material strength; (b) texture of the structure; (c) geometrical form and dimensions; (d) existing loading and constraints; and (e) expected loadings at failure. Detailed calculations are also required for the structural evaluation using most of the above parameters firstly by considering the gravity loads and secondly by the combination of gravity load and lateral action in areas of high seismicity. However, at the same time, it is equally significant for the structural engineer, who is involved in structural restoration design, to know in depth qualitatively the basic forms and their structural behaviour of monumental buildings. The structural engineer in charge must understand from the beginning, qualitatively, the structural behaviour of a building under consideration to various basic actions so that one can make a preliminary diagnosis of the causes that are responsible for the existing damages (cracks, drifts, settlements, splitting etc.). In this way, one will be in a position to focus on the detailed research, in situ and laboratory, to the critical points of the building, and can conduct the analysis and design using suitable models for a credible safety evaluation. Therefore, an effort is made in the present study to give a qualitative approach to the structural behaviour of the basic structural forms of masonry monumental and historical buildings, where the consequences of the seismic action are traumatic now and then. This article gives an outline and creates background information for further structural evaluation of the monuments.
Structural Behaviour of Masonry Systems in Monumental Buildings: An Outline
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Kumar, Ratnesh (editor) / Bakre, Sachin V. (editor) / Goel, Manmohan Dass (editor) / Padalu, P. K. V. R. (author) / Vashisht, R. (author)
Structural Engineering Convention ; 2023 ; Nagpur, India
2024-11-24
16 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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