Two roofs of recent public buildings, the same technological failure

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 811-817

  Pinto, Jorge ^a   Varum, Humberto ^b   Ramos, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Glulam structures; Roof details; Roof failures; Unexpected premature pathologies

Indexed keywords

COVER SYSTEM; FUTURE DESIGNS; GLUED-LAMINATED TIMBER; GLULAM STRUCTURES; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; ROOF FAILURES; ROOF SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FAILURES; UNEXPECTED PREMATURE PATHOLOGIES; ZINC SHEETS;

BUILDINGS; DISEASES; LAKES; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC WORKS;

ROOFS;

EID: 79951671780     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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