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Structural assessment of a masonry vault in Portugal
- Source :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- ICE Publishing, 2015.
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Abstract
- This paper reports on a structural safety assessment and performance evaluation of the upper choir of the Santa Maria de Belém Church in the Jerónimos monastery, Lisbon, one of the most important cultural heritage buildings in Portugal. The possibility of adding a new 20 t organ to the upper choir and its effects on the church structure's response are presented. A refined and a simplified finite-element model is developed to investigate the structure's performance under self-weight and seismic actions. A sensitivity analysis is performed to investigate the effect of masonry mechanical properties and rib cross-sections on the structural response, given the difficulty in accurately obtaining this information. The results show that the safety level of the structure is acceptable, even in the case of adding a heavy new organ.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Structural safety
0211 other engineering and technologies
Numerical modeling
020101 civil engineering
02 engineering and technology
Civil engineering
0201 civil engineering
Seismic assessment
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Civil
11. Sustainability
021105 building & construction
Buildings
Masonry
Civil and Structural Engineering
Science & Technology
business.industry
Pushover
Seismic engineering
conservation
buildings, structures & design
Historical structures
Building and Construction
Structures & design
seismic engineering
Vault (architecture)
Engenharia Civil [Engenharia e Tecnologia]
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bd55a34d0a09b604b3e7fc957fe5fff3