PSI - Issue 11

P. Condoleo et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 11 (2018) 290–297

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T he crack pat solidation cou Survey of the o evaluate th ding was sur ked in red or he NE part o of the extern same wall; th found in the he out-of-plu courtyard of a he surveyed building tend T T T T

terns before ld not be asse crack pattern e faults in th veyed. In Fi black, accord f the buildin al wall facing is crack exte entrance hall mb of the faç bout 0.1 m at crack pattern s to split. This

and after retr ssed.

ofitting were

not surveyed

and compar

ed, so that th

e effectivene

ss of

con

2.2.

e building a g. 4, cracks ing to their w g was found t the street is nds to the op : they are like ades was also a height of 6 , changes in g is particularl

fter micropili passing acro idth, whereas o experience also found at posite wall fa ly to be the co surveyed: it m from the g eometry (out y evident in t

ng, the crack ss the entire other cracks the most sev the ground fl cing the cour ntinuation of was found th round (Fig. 5 of-plumb) an he NE part, at

pattern on t wall thickne are marked in ere faults. A oor and at the tyard. Two w those in the l at the wall at ). d differential the inner wa

he outer and ss (passing-th green. vertical crack first floor of ide, passing iving room at the entrance h ground settle ll embodying

inner walls o rough crack running alon the internal s through crack the ground fl all is tilted to ments indicat the flue.

f the s) are g the ide of s are oor. ward e that

buil mar side the also

the

the

Fig. 4.

Elevations of the

façade overlook

ing the street (lef

t) and the opposi

te façade overloo

king the courtya

rd (right).

a

b

Fig. 5. Schema

tization of the ou

t-of-plumb (in c

m): (a) facade ov

erlooking the str

eet; (b) opposite

facade overlooki

ng the courtyard.

Static monito static monit sed on the ev ck movement in place over ig.s 6a,b sho ide and insid l facing the co ges. Howeve nitial value, m t induced by d

ring oring system olution of so s also allow th a period of 1 w the installa e the building urtyard is plo r, after 12 mo eaning that f ifferential gr

2.3.

A focu Cra stay F outs wal chan its i faul

was installed me through-w e type of for 8 months at l tion of a mil during the m tted versus ti nths, the wid aults are still ound settleme

in the farmho all cracks, w ces acting on east, so that th limetre dial g onitoring pe me. The obta th of some of evolving. By nts at the NE

use, to asses hich might si the building t e effects of s auge on a cra riod. In Fig. ined data sho the cracks (l examining th end of the bu

s whether fau gnificantly af o be identifie easonal therm ck. Fig. 6c s 6d, the openi w that crack o abelled G5 an e crack pattern ilding can be

lts are still ac fect the stabil d. Any monito al changes ca hows the cha ng of the crac pening is mo d G6 in Fig. and the chan identified (M

tive. Attentio ity of the bui ring system n be discarde nge in tempe ks on the ex stly due to th 6d) did not re ges in geome astrodicasa 2

n was lding. has to d. rature ternal ermal cover try, a 012).