In situ and nondestructive characterization of mechanical properties of heritage stone masonry
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The necessity of conserving and preserving the heritage is nowadays a developing study line for several researchers. From a civil engineering perspective, one of the most important issues for the conservation of historical buildings is to ensure the structural stability. For this purpose, it is necessary to determine the mechanical properties of the ancient construction materials. However, these structures cannot be evaluated by destructive tests due to politics and restrictions for preserving the heritage built. As a consequence, new methods that do not put in risk the integrity of the materials and the structure are becoming useful tools for researchers who work on structural engineering of heritage buildings. This paper presents a nondestructive method (NDM) that has been used to characterize the mechanical properties of different constructive systems of the San Antonio de Padua Temple, which is a religious icon in Aguascalientes, Mexico. This method includes the measuring of seismic waves’ travel time in order to obtain shear and compressional velocity waves. Results show that with this method mechanical properties of masonry can be obtained such as Young’s modulus, Poisson ratio and bulk density, which are needed for the structural analysis using numerical simulation models. © 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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Cultural heritage; Masonry mechanical characterization; Nondestructive method; Temple of San Antonio de Padua Characterization; Density (specific gravity); Historic preservation; Masonry materials; Mechanical properties; Nondestructive examination; Numerical methods; Poisson ratio; Shear flow; Stability; Compressional velocities; Cultural heritages; Engineering perspective; Mechanical characterizations; Nondestructive characterization; Nondestructive methods; San Antonio; Structural stabilities; Structural properties; bulk density; civil engineering; cultural heritage; masonry; mechanical property; Poisson ratio; seismic wave; simulation; travel time; Young modulus; Aguascalientes; Mexico [North America]; San Antonio; Texas; United States
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