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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Autor principal: Sousa, Hélder S. (author)
Outros Autores: Branco, Jorge M. (author), Lourenço, Paulo B. (author)
Formato: conferencePaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2013
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25894
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25894