The Structural Rehabilitation of a Masonry Building
Tomme: LIX (LXIII) Fascicle: 4 | 2013
Pages: 99-106
Abstract text:
The paper presents a structural rehabilitation system for the basement of a strongly damaged building having the walls, columns, arches and cylindrical vaults of brick masonry. As a consequence of deterioration due to humidity presence in the basement, the columns sections were diminished substantially to about 25%...30% of their initial section, the building being in this way very sensitive to collapse. The intervention solution was chosen on financial criteria, and the final purposes it was to rebuild the bearing capacity at least to the initial one. The technology also was chosen in order to avoid vibrations and to provide safety conditions for the workers during the intervention. To provide safety for the workers a scaffolding was provided all along the basement floor. The columns were consolidated by coating with reinforced concrete and metal profiles, to provide for the taking over of the loads in vaults and arches, while foundations were rebuilt by coating with reinforced concrete. The foundation coating was performed in four steps to avoid the setting of the ground under the columns.
Key Words:
rehabilitation; masonry; damage; humidity; strengthening.
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