Timber-reinforced structures in Greece: 2500 BC-1900 AD

Vintzileou, E

dc.contributor.author	Vintzileou, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:37:29Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:37:29Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	0965-0911	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/21515
dc.subject	History	en
dc.subject	Seismic engineering	en
dc.subject	Timber structures	en
dc.subject.classification	Construction & Building Technology	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.other	Eastern Mediterranean	en
dc.subject.other	Economical factors	en
dc.subject.other	Historic structures	en
dc.subject.other	Seismic behaviour	en
dc.subject.other	Seismic engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Structural systems	en
dc.subject.other	Timber structures	en
dc.subject.other	Seismology	en
dc.subject.other	Timber	en
dc.subject.other	earthquake engineering	en
dc.subject.other	historic building	en
dc.subject.other	monument	en
dc.subject.other	seismic design	en
dc.subject.other	seismic response	en
dc.subject.other	seismicity	en
dc.subject.other	timber	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Thera	en
dc.title	Timber-reinforced structures in Greece: 2500 BC-1900 AD	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1680/stbu.9.00085	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/stbu.9.00085	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	The survey of numerous monuments and historic structures in Greece - a country situated in the most earthquake-prone area of the eastern Mediterranean - has revealed a systematic and continuous through- centuries use of timber elements within masonry. The extent of the use of timber in the structures, the contribution of the timber to the overall structural system, the specific measures taken to protect timber from decay and, hence, the efficiency of the developed structural systems present a vast variety, associated with social and economical factors. This extensive use of timber makes it legitimate to assume that our predecessors were aware of the effect of timber-reinforcing systems on the seismic behaviour of structures. This paper provides information on the use of timber in structures in Greece ranging from the Minoan Crete 2500 years BC to Akrotiri, Thera sixteenth century BC, to Byzantine churches and monasteries, and finally to more than 70 urban nuclei within the country that were developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.	en
heal.publisher	ICE PUBL	en
heal.journalName	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1680/stbu.9.00085	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000292496800002	en
dc.identifier.volume	164	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	167	en
dc.identifier.epage	180	en