Traditional Timber Structures in Extreme Weather Conditions

Effects of extreme environmental exposure conditions on the mechanical behaviour of traditional carpentry joints

“…The energy dissipation potential for the dried specimens was consistently less than those in the original condition, but the recovery of the dissipative potential varies with the rate of drying. Pazlar and Kramar [6] presented a discussion on the extreme weather conditions impact on traditional timber structures. Their main conclusions pointed out the need for preventive maintenance of vernacular architecture to prevent infiltrations and possibilities of local collapses and the need to implement a cultural heritage disaster risk management.…”

Comparative effects of different real conditions in the microstructure and properties of ternary blended cement mortars for being used in rehabilitation works

“…At present, it is common that the materials used in old structures and constructions, such as heritage buildings, require a retrofitting in order to ensure their safety (Petrovčič and Kilar, 2020;Vereecken and Roels, 2016;Abdel-Aty, 2018). The need for rehabilitation interventions could be due to the degradation of the materials (Brimblecombe and Lefèvre, 2021), caused by the attack of aggressive substances over time which would affect their durability, the exposure to fire or other accidental situation (Pauletta et al, 2018;Pazlar and Kramar, 2015), or even due to changes in the use of the ancient building (Pigliautile et al, 2019).…”

Structural Response of Masonry Infilled Timber Frames to Flood and Wind Driven Rain Exposure

“…Theoretical (Kelman & Spence, 2003) or probabilistic (Mebarki, Valencia, Salagnac, & Barroca, 2012) analyses of masonry vulnerability to flood depth are not directly relatable to historic construction systems; making use of modern material paramters, geometric forms and construction details. Comparable work which addresses the behaviour of historic timber framed structures to flooding is lacking from the knowledge base, although studies investigating storm damage to traditional timber structures (Pazlar & Kramar, 2015) are beginning to emerge. More developed investigation of hazard-damage relationships for historic timber frames in earthquakes exists, including with masonry infills both with (Ferreira, Teixeira, Duta, Branco, & Goncalves, 2014) and without diagonal bracing (Duta, Sakata, Yamazaki, & Shindo, 2016).…”