Structural analysis of two King-post timber trusses: Non-destructive evaluation and load-carrying tests

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-383

  Branco, Jorge M ^a   Piazza, Maurizio ^b   Cruz, Paulo J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Load carrying tests; Non destructive evaluation; Strengthening; Traditional timber trusses

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC TESTS; INTERNAL LOADS; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT STATE; LOAD CARRYING; LOAD TRANSFER; MECHANICAL EVALUATION; MODULUS OF ELASTICITY IN BENDING; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST; SECOND PHASE; STRENGTHENING; STRENGTHENING TECHNIQUE; TIMBER ROOFS;

BENDING TESTS; STRENGTHENING (METAL); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER; TRUSSES;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 73449092143     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.08.025     Document Type: Article

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