Estudo experimental in situ de paredes em alvenaria do Faial, Açores

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2008

Authors

Alexandre A. Costa (Author) FEUP; António Arêde (Author) FEUP; Aníbal Costa (Author) FEUP; Carlos Sousa Oliveira (Author) Other

Book

Title: Sismo 1998 - Açores: Uma Década Depois

Pages: 397-418

ISBN: 978-989-20-1223-4

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Structural engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): Taking advantage of the existence of a few traditional masonry 1-2 storey buildings abandoned after the 1998 Azores earthquake, several in situ tests were performed in various cases. Static cyclic loads were applied at the top level of these buildings, mainly in the out-of-plane direction and in-plane direction in just one case. The behaviour was assessed resorting to a detailed instrumentation system that also contributes to control the hydraulic devices. Description of the test system and presentation of a few results complement this chapter.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 22