Structural Rehabilitation of Old Buildings

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Costa, Aníbal (Editor), Guedes, João Miranda (Editor), Varum, Humberto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 2
• Subjects: Engineering.; Structural mechanics.; Building repair.; Buildings > Repair and reconstruction.; Structural materials.; Building Repair and Maintenance.; Structural Materials.; Structural Mechanics.

The present book describes the different construction systems and structural materials and solutions within the main old buildings typologies, and it analyses the particularities of each of them, including mechanical properties, structural behaviour, typical damage patterns and collapse mechanisms....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Rehabilitation: Aims & Scopes
• Construction Systems
• Building Materials and Components
• Laboratorial and In-field Tests
• Modeling
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Construction Maintenance.