Consolidation of a collar truss with a steel cable system

Post-tensioning techniques for strengthening existing timber elements have been used throughout history with excellent results. Former applications on wooden trusses have already shown some of the advantages of such a consolidating system, but very few tests were performed on the topic. During an ex...

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Main Author: Crivellari, Giacomo (author)
Other Authors: Branco, Jorge M. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/44707
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/44707