Structural response of drystone Iron Age brochs

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 316-324

  Thew, Iain ^a   Sutherland, Alastair ^b   Theodossopoulos, Dimitris ^c  

^a TFT Woodexperts ^*

^b TFT Woodexperts   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brickwork and masonry; History; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; HISTORY; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); SUBSIDENCE;

BRICKWORK AND MASONRY; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; KEY FEATURE; SCALE MODELING; SCOTLAND; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TWO-SCALE MODEL;

IRON;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; HISTORIC BUILDING; IRON AGE; MASONRY; PREHISTORIC; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; SUBSIDENCE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONOIDEA;

EID: 84883280478     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: 17517702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/stbu.11.00056     Document Type: Article

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