Strengthening and load test of the upper-choir of the Pópulo Church in Braga, Portugal

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2007

Authors

João Miranda Guedes (Author) FEUP; Aníbal Costa (Author) FEUP; Esmeralda Paupério (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Building Appraisal

Vol. 3

Pages: 144-154

ISSN: 1742-8262

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-JAA

DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jba.2950064

Abstract (EN): This paper presents the structural intervention on the Pópulo Church in Braga, Portugal, a stone and brick masonry church dating from the 16th century, carried out by the Regional Directorate for Northern Buildings and Monuments of Portugal DREMN under the technical consultancy of the Nucleus for the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Buildings and Built Heritage NCREP of the Faculty of Engineering of Porto University FEUP. During the restoration works, important deformations were detected in the upper-choir vault that involved structural intervention, namely numerical studies and in situ load tests. Besides describing the intervention process, the paper underlines that renovation works carried out in old structures, although previously planned and projected according to the available data, may suffer relevant modifications during the preparation and implementation procedures, which must be regarded as part of the intervention process. In particular, this work describes the in situ testing of the upper-choir vault to evaluate its vertical loading capacity and the final adopted strengthening solution. © 2007 Palgrave MacMillan Ltd.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific