Effectiveness and subjectivity of visual inspection as a method to assess bending stiffness and strength of chestnut elements
Besides the difficulty of assessing an existing timber structure on site, the efficiency and accuracy of visual inspection is often compromised by its subjective nature inherited by the level of expertise of the inspector. This often leads to conservative predictions of the mechanical properties, ev...
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| Format: | conferencePaper |
| Language: | eng |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25894 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25894 |