Research and practice on masonry cross vaults – A review

Bertolesi, Elisa; Adam, José M.; Rinaudo, Paula; Calderón, Pedro A.

doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.10.085

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“…Masonry cross vaults have been used for centuries with a covering function in many historical buildings such as churches and palaces. They are characterized by their own particular architectural features, such as ribs, groins and masonry webs [1].…”

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“…This has led to a change in the focus of the scientific community: if the context has a dominant influence on structural performance, the structural behaviour cannot be evaluated in isolation, but must be considered within its context [1][2] [3][4] [5]. Although it is difficult to take into account all the effects of the surrounding structures when analysing structural performance, identifying the causes of recurring cracking patterns can detect possible failure scenarios and undiscovered vulnerable aspects and might suggest additional and effective safety-oriented retrofitting strategies [6] [5].…”

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A full-scale timbrel cross vault subjected to vertical cyclical displacements in one of its supports

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Up-and-down cyclical displacement of supports-foundations, due for example to the presence of expansive soils, can affect the integrity of a structure and may even lead to its collapse. A recent study carried out at the ICITECH laboratories of the Universitat Politècnica de València analysed the effects of earth settlements on the behaviour of masonry cross vaults. One of the tests involved the construction and testing of a full-scale timbrel cross vault, one of whose supports was subjected to up-and-down vertical displacement cycles. The 4×4 m 2 vault was composed of four 3.6 m diameter arches supporting a masonry web. Vertical displacements were applied to one of the supports by means of two synchronised mechanical jacks. The results of the tests provide valuable information to the scientific community, architects and engineers on the behaviour of timbrel cross vaults when one of their supports is subjected to cyclical movements.

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A full-scale timbrel cross vault subjected to vertical cyclical displacements in one of its supports

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Calderón

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“…Despite the fact that the present topic interests a signi cant amount of real cases across the world, only a few researchers worked on masonry cross vaults. Bertolesi et al (2019) provided an overview about the academic interest on this topic, highlighting that less than 40 scienti c papers deal with masonry cross vaults in the period from 1960 to 2018. Moreover, in the last four years, they account for less than 1% of all the documents dealing with historic masonry structures, as found by the authors of this paper.…”

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Seismic response of a small-scale masonry cross vault: Experimental investigation by performing quasi-static and shake table tests

Bianchini

Mendes

Calderini

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The seismic safety assessment of 3D complex structural elements of historic buildings, such as cross vaults, is a challenge and experimental tests can provide relevant data for this purpose. This paper presents the results of two experimental campaigns in a reduced scale 3D printed vault characterized by asymmetric boundary conditions. The specimen adopted the typical geometry of groin vault (without ribs) and was made of polymeric bricks placed in an orthogonal bond disposition. The seismic behaviour of the vault was studied through quasi-static and dynamic tests using the shake table. In particular, an incremental dynamic analysis up to the collapse of the vault was carried out. The results obtained experimentally were analysed in terms of damage, collapse mechanisms, displacements, in-plane distortion and response spectrum-based analysis.

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“…The investigations of destructions of monumental masonry vaults due to strong kinematic seismic loading have uncovered that the protection of these types of structures is a difficult technical task [1][2][3][4]. In particular, for historical structures located on seismic activity regions, the kinematic loading generated by seismic events are one of the most destructive factors [4,5].…”

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Study of Materials Behavior in a Monumental Vault Strengthened by a Carbon Net in a Mineral Matrix Subjected to Seismic Influence

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The application of the elasto-plastic material model known as the Barcelona Model (BM) for numerical assessment of a historical vault subjected to earthquake sequence is presented in this work. As a case study, part of a masonry vault erected in Southern Poland in the 12th century was chosen. For the study purposes, a 3D finite element model (FEM) of the vault was prepared using the ABAQUS/Standard software program. The essential details of the structure geometry were taken from the 3D scan of the vault. The first variant of the masonry vault was the structure without any strengthening, whereas the second variant was with strengthening system realized by application on composite materials, i.e., the carbon fiber reinforced cementitious matrix (C-FRCM). The results of the dynamic analysis revealed that an evident nonlinear performance of the masonry materials of the vault in both cases was detected for both FE models of the structure. The analysis proved that the foreshock–mainshock–aftershock sequence caused substantial damages in structural parts of the masonry vault. The distribution of plastic strains and damages allowed assessment of the impact of the full seismic sequence on the masonry vault. In the case of the unstrengthen vault the level of cracking and stiffness loss reached 90%. In the case of the vault strengthened with the FRCM system the tensile damage level was significantly lower. It did not exceed 30%. In addition, the first plastic zone of the unstrengthened masonry structural elements of the vault became visible after the foreshock.

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Research and practice on masonry cross vaults – A review

Cited by 37 publications

References 56 publications

A full-scale timbrel cross vault subjected to vertical cyclical displacements in one of its supports

A full-scale timbrel cross vault subjected to vertical cyclical displacements in one of its supports

Seismic response of a small-scale masonry cross vault: Experimental investigation by performing quasi-static and shake table tests

Study of Materials Behavior in a Monumental Vault Strengthened by a Carbon Net in a Mineral Matrix Subjected to Seismic Influence

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