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Structural Rehabilitation of Old Buildings Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 Edition
Author(s): Aníbal Costa (Editor), João Miranda Guedes (Editor), Humberto Varum (Editor)
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: August 23, 2016
- Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Language: English
- Print length: 356 pages
- ISBN-10: 3662508990
- ISBN-13: 9783662508992
Book Description
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.
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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.
