Reinforced brick masonry light vaults: Semi-prefabrication, construction, testing and numerical modeling

This work deals with short to mid span-length light vaults made of reinforced brick masonry. The research is oriented at proposing semi-prefabrication and construction techniques. Numerical models for predicting the structural behavior of this type of structures are developed. Experimental research...

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Published in:Construction & building materials 2010-10, Vol.24 (10), p.1799-1814
Main Authors: López-Almansa, F., Sarrablo, V., Lourenço, P.B., Barros, J.A.O., Roca, P., da Porto, F., Modena, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Brick
Brick shells
Building materials
Calibration
Cobertes (Construcció)
Computer simulation
Computer-generated environments
Construction
Construction materials
Damage models
Edificació
Light roofs
Masonry
Mathematical models
Nonlinear structural analysis
Patologia
Reinforced brick masonry
Roofs (Architecture)
Semi-prefabrication
Tècniques i sistemes constructius
Vaulted roofs
Vaults
Vaults (Architecture)
Voltes (Arquitectura)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC
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Summary:This work deals with short to mid span-length light vaults made of reinforced brick masonry. The research is oriented at proposing semi-prefabrication and construction techniques. Numerical models for predicting the structural behavior of this type of structures are developed. Experimental research is performed with the following three main objectives: (i) validating the proposed construction techniques, (ii) investigating the structural performance, and (iii) calibrating the numerical models. The obtained results show that the proposed techniques are feasible, and that the structural behavior is adequate in terms of ductility and of strength. The structural system can be modeled with the developed numerical tools.
ISSN:0950-0618
1879-0526
DOI:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.04.025