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 similar masonry wal...

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Main Author: Tiago Miguel Ferreira (author)
Other Authors: Alexandre A. Costa (author), António Arêde (author), Humberto Varum (author), Aníbal Costa (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/108429
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/108429