Field tests of a timber queen-post truss and numerical analysis

In-situ cyclic tests on an existing traditional timber truss were performed. The main goal of the tests was to evaluate the overall behavior of the timber truss under symmetric and non-symmetric loading. Moreover, the influence of the location of point loads application, without and with eccentricit...

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Main Author: Branco, Jorge M. (author)
Other Authors: Cruz, Paulo J. S. (author), Piazza, Maurizio (author), Varum, Humberto (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/16196
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/16196