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    Book and Conference Proceedings

    20th International Probabilistic Workshop

    IPW 2024

    José C. Matos, Paulo B. Lourenço… in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (2024)

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    Durability of Earth Materials: Weathering Agents, Testing Procedures and Stabilisation Methods

    This chapter reviews the potential impact of six environmental agents (water, ice, wind, fire, solar radiation and chemical attack) on the long-term stability of earth buildings together with some of the most ...

    Domenico Gallipoli, Agostino W. Bruno… in Testing and Characterisation of Earth-base… (2022)

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    Seismic Assessment of Earthen Structures

    Earth is an ancient construction material that is attracting numerous scientific investigations due to the sustainable characteristics of this material and the significant heritage of existing earth constructi...

    Quoc-Bao Bui, Ranime El-Nabouch… in Testing and Characterisation of Earth-base… (2022)

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    Assessment of a Medieval Arch Bridge Resorting to Non-destructive Techniques and Numerical Tools

    The numerical analysis of masonry arch bridges requires detailed information about the geometry and mechanical properties of all the bridge components. As for the geometry, masonry bridges present complex shap...

    Daniel V. Oliveira, Reza Allahvirdizadeh, Ana Sánchez… in Proceedings of ARCH 2019 (2020)

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    A TRM-Based Compatible Strengthening Solution for Rammed Earth Heritage: Investigation of the Bond Behavior

    Raw earth is among the most ancient building materials and the related building techniques are found ...

    Antonio Romanazzi, Daniel V. Oliveira… in Structural Analysis of Historical Construc… (2019)

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    Experimental Investigation of the Structural Response of Adobe Buildings to Lateral Loading Before and After the Implementation of Compatible Grout Repairs

    In the framework of this study, a 1:2 scaled replica of a traditional single-storey adobe building wa...

    Rogiros Illampas, Rui A. Silva… in Structural Analysis of Historical Construc… (2019)

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    Static behaviour of rammed earth: experimental testing and finite element modelling

    The paper presents an experimental program aiming at assessing the mechanical performance of rammed earth walls, namely under compression and shear loading. Axial compression and diagonal compression tests wer...

    Lorenzo Miccoli, Daniel V. Oliveira, Rui A. Silva, Urs Müller… in Materials and Structures (2015)

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    Conservation and New Construction Solutions in Rammed Earth

    The conservation and rehabilitation of several sites of cultural heritage and of the large housing stock built from rammed earth requires adopting intervention techniques that aim at their repair or strengthen...

    Rui A. Silva, Paul Jaquin, Daniel V. Oliveira… in Structural Rehabilitation of Old Buildings (2014)

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    Strengthening of three-leaf stone masonry walls: an experimental research

    The paper summarizes the results of an experimental research carried out on three-leaf masonry walls of typical granite stone constructions from the North of Portugal. The research aimed at studying the behavi...

    Daniel V. Oliveira, Rui A. Silva, Enrico Garbin… in Materials and Structures (2012)