In situ cyclic tests on existing stone masonry walls and strengthening solutions.

In situ cyclic tests on existing stone masonry walls and strengthening solutions.

The present work reports on an in situ experimental test campaign carried out on abandoned traditional masonry houses after the 9th July 1998 earthquake that seriously hit the Faial island of Azores. For the testing purposes, an experimental test setup was developed based on a self-equilibrated sche...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 40, 4 (2011).
Main Author: Costa, Alexandre A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
In situ test.
Masonry walls.
Experimental test.
In-plane.
Out-of-plane.
Strengthening.