Secondary materials in mortars for use in historical buildings
Ancient lime mortars are weak and poorly set in high humid areas in which most of the historical structures are found. Most of historical buildings are founded in...
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Seismic Assessment of Ancient Water Towers in Roman Pompeii
Masonry is the main constructive typology in the historical structures. The most of the historic masonry heritage was designed and constructed without any considerations for their dynamic performance...
10 Mysterious Monuments Around The World
Who doesn't love a great mystery? We're all fascinated by legends and unrevealed truths, even more when they're related with beautiful, breathtaking historical constructions. Continue to read to...
Structural analysis of Palladio’s timber bridge in Bassano del Grappa
The Bassano's bridge is a covered timber bridge 65m long and 8m wide located in the Veneto Region in Italy. During its history it was destroyed several times...
Optimization of a computational model for the restoration of the intrados of the Charles Bridge (Prague)
The Charles Bridge is part of the world heritage: such piece of Gothic architecture must be maintained as a remain of history. Urgent attention should be paid to...
Making Earth Construction Great Again
Earthen building techniques Nowadays it is estimated that the world population currently living or working in constructions built from raw earth is in the range of 30–40%. Earthen...
Combination of non-destructive tests for surface and in depth location of decay in timber structures
The work presented in this dissertation of the author Yu Taoyi was carried out at the Civil Engineering Department of University of Minho, Portugal. The importance of...
Structural performance of shells of historical constructions: The Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro
The main objective of this thesis of the author Marina Polónia Rios is to evaluate the structural behaviour of shell elements in the Municipal Theatre of Rio de...
A novel macro-modelling approach for historical masonry: Combining in-plane and out-of-plane mechanisms
Masonry, which has been used for over 10,000 years, constitutes one of the oldest and most widely spread building material. Currently, masonry is still being used in many...
Commercial lime based grouts: Are they all the same?
Lime-based grouting is a well-known consolidation technique for ancient masonry. It is efficient because it improves the mechanical characteristics of stone, brick and even, earth masonry walls, while...