Case study of the failure of a cross vault: Church of Holyrood Abbey

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 109-117

  Theodossopoulos, D ^a   Sinha, B P ^a   Usmani, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case reports; Conservation; Cylindrical shells; Failures; Masonry; Structural safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEARING CAPACITY; CONSERVATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

CASE REPORTS; CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; HOLYROOD ABBEY; STRUCTURAL SAFETY;

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS;

EID: 14744282795     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0431(2003)9:3(109)     Document Type: Article

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