Baroque structural ceiling over the leopoldinum auditorium in wrocław university: Tests, conservation, and a strengthening concept

International Journal of Architectural Heritage

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-289

  Jasieńko, Jerzy ^a   Nowak, Tomasz P ^a   Bednarz, Łukasz ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

conservation; dendrochronology; historic structures; resistance drilling; static and dynamic test; steel structures; strengthening; timber structures

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; AUDITORIUMS; CONSERVATION; STEEL STRUCTURES; STEEL TESTING; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TESTING; TIMBER;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HISTORIC STRUCTURES; RESISTANCE DRILLINGS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC TESTS; TIMBER STRUCTURES;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84887947780     PISSN: 15583058     EISSN: 15583066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2012.692848     Document Type: Article

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