The history of cross vaults began almost two thousand years ago with a widespread use during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, becoming nowadays one of the most diffused and fascinating structural typologies of the European building cultural heritage. However, conversely to the undeniable excellence achieved by the ancient masons, the structural behaviour of these elements is still at the centre of the scientific debate. In this regard, with the aim of reviewing the knowledge on this subject as a concise and valuable support for researchers involved in conservation of historical buildings, with a focus on design rules and structural analysis, the present study firstly introduces the cross vaults from a historical perspective, by describing the evolution of the main geometrical shapes together with basic practical rules used to size them. Then, the paper deals with the subsequent advancements in structural analysis methods of vaults, until the development of modern limit analysis.
Design and analysis of cross vaults along history / Gaetani, Angelo; Monti, Giorgio; Lourenço, Paulo B.; Marcari, Giancarlo. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. - ISSN 1558-3058. - 10:7(2016), pp. 841-856. [10.1080/15583058.2015.1132020]
Design and analysis of cross vaults along history
GAETANI, ANGELO;MONTI, Giorgio;MARCARI, GIANCARLO
2016
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The history of cross vaults began almost two thousand years ago with a widespread use during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, becoming nowadays one of the most diffused and fascinating structural typologies of the European building cultural heritage. However, conversely to the undeniable excellence achieved by the ancient masons, the structural behaviour of these elements is still at the centre of the scientific debate. In this regard, with the aim of reviewing the knowledge on this subject as a concise and valuable support for researchers involved in conservation of historical buildings, with a focus on design rules and structural analysis, the present study firstly introduces the cross vaults from a historical perspective, by describing the evolution of the main geometrical shapes together with basic practical rules used to size them. Then, the paper deals with the subsequent advancements in structural analysis methods of vaults, until the development of modern limit analysis.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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