Load-bearing capacity of traditional dovetail carpentry joints with and without dowels: comparison of experimental and analytical results

Post-disaster field studies widely suggest that historical timber structures are seismically resistant, and a growing number of experimental studies support this observation. The joints between structural members, which are the major energy dissipation mechanism within the structure, play a crucial...

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Main Author: Sobra, Karel (author)
Other Authors: Avez, Coralie (author), Aktas, Yasemin D. (author), de Rijk, Richard (author), Burawska, Isabela (author), Branco, Jorge M. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/66270
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/66270