Title
Mechanical Characterisation of Multi-Wythe Masonry Bridge in the City of Amsterdam
Author
Li, X. (TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites) 
Messali, F. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics)
Esposito, R. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics)
Contributor
Endo, Yohei (editor)
Hanazato, Toshikazu (editor)
Date
2023
Abstract
This paper presents the results of an experimental campaign carried out to characterise the mechanical properties of multi-wythe masonry infrastructure in the city of Amsterdam. Samples were extracted from a 1.2 m thick bridge’s pillar constructed in 1882. For the characterisation of shear and compressive properties of masonry, tests on cores with a 100 mm diameter were performed at the Stevinlaboratorium of Delft University of Technology. Samples were extracted along different locations in the wall thickness to evaluate the effect of exposure to environment conditions. Overall, the study provides a first insight on the mechanical properties of multi-wythe masonry city infrastructure and knowledge regarding the sampling and testing strategy for these structures. In turn, this will increase the knowledge on multi-wythe masonry, which is limited in literature, and will support the assessment of many infrastructures in typical Dutch canal cities.
Subject
cylindrical cores
Dutch city infrastructure
masonry
nonlinear compressive behaviour
nonlinear shear-sliding behaviour
slightly-destructive testing method
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39603-8_43
Publisher
Springer
Embargo date
2024-03-04
ISBN
978-3-031-39605-2
Source
Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions: SAHC 2023 - Volume 1, 1
Event
13th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions 2023, 2023-09-12 → 2023-09-15, Obaku Plaza, Uji Campus, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Series
RILEM Bookseries, 2211-0844, 47
Bibliographical note
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Part of collection
Institutional Repository
Document type
book chapter
Rights
© 2023 X. Li, F. Messali, R. Esposito