Field load tests on a Queen-post timber truss

In-situ cyclic tests on a Portuguese Queen-post timber truss were performed. The main goal of the tests was to evaluate the overall behaviour of the timber truss under symmetric and nonsymmetric loading. Moreover, the influence of the number and location of point loads, without and with eccentricity...

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Main Author: Branco, J. (author)
Other Authors: Cruz, P. (author), Piazza, M. (author), Varum, H. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/6878
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/6878