In situ Out-of-Plane Cyclic Testing of Original and Strengthened Traditional Stone Masonry Walls Using Airbags

This article presents a field experimental campaign carried out on an existing one-story stone masonry building, aiming at characterizing the out-of-plane behavior of its walls. A bidirectional test set-up based on a self-equilibrated airbag system was developed and used on three similarmasonry wall...

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Main Author: Ferreira, Tiago Miguel (author)
Other Authors: Costa, Alexandre A. (author), Arêde, António (author), Varum, Humberto (author), Costa, Aníbal (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/9424
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/9424