Long-term damage on masonry towers case studies and intervention strategies

11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 3253-3256

  Valluzzi, M R ^a   Casarin, F ^a   Garbin, E ^a   Da Porto, F ^a   Modena, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELL TOWERS; GENERAL ASPECTS; HISTORIC MASONRY; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; LONG-TERM DAMAGES; MASONRY TOWERS; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; PUBLIC SAFETY; SMALL SAMPLES;

FRACTURE; MASONRY MATERIALS;

TOWERS;

EID: 84869829278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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