On-site full-scale tests of a timber queen-post truss

On-site tests were performed on an existing traditional timber truss. The main goal of the tests was to evaluate the overall behavior of the timber truss under symmetric and non-symmetric vertical loading. Moreover, the influence of the location of the point loads application was assessed, with and...

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Main Author: Branco, Jorge M. (author)
Other Authors: Varum, Humberto (author), Matos, Filipe T. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/66267
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/66267