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Historic Construction
and Conservation
Materials, Systems and Damage
Pere Roca, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain, Paulo
B. Lourenço, University of Minho, Portugal and Angelo
Gaetani, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
This book brings together the history of construction,
materials and structural elements, with the history of
conservation. It explains structural decisions made during
the construction process which underlies the damage and
collapse mechanisms in masonry for different forms of
loading. Excess permanent loading and settlement is
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differentiated from environmental and anthropogenic
324pp 717 illustrations
actions such as earthquake or incorrect intervention. The
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exploring materials and structures and the history of
construction and damage. It is for civil engineering and
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