Original and strengthened traditional timber connections

A series of monotonic and cyclic tests on unstrengthened full-scale specimens were performed in order to characterize the original behavior of connections representative of traditional timber trusses. Subsequently, connections strengthened with metal devices were tested under monotonic and cyclic lo...

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Main Author: Branco, Jorge M. (author)
Other Authors: Cruz, Paulo J. S. (author), Piazza, Maurizio (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/17633
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/17633