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January 28th 2008

Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium of the IIWC,
Florence, Venice and Vicenza, Italy, 11th - 16th November 2007


PAPERS

  • Nobuo Ito - A Historical Review of the Techniques in Japanese Buildings for Resisting Various Loads, Focusing on Seismic Attacks

  • Gennaro Tampone - Mechanical Failures of the Timber Structural Systems

  • Michela Semplici - The Documentation of the Failures of the Timber Structures in the “Nominations Files” and in the “ICOMOS Evaluations” of the World Heritage List

  • Pietro Copani - Timber-Frame Buildings in Scandinavia: High Deformation Prevent the System from Collapse

  • Pedro Palma, Helena Cruz - Mechanical Behaviour of Traditional Timber Carpentry Joints in Service Conditions – Results of Monotonic Tests

  • Pier Paolo Derinaldis, Gennaro Tampone - The Decay of the Timber Structures Caused by Incorrect Design-Execution of the Joints. Two Cases Study.

  • Jerzy Jasienko, Marek Kardysz - Deformation and Strength Criteria in Assessing Mechanical Behaviour of Joints in Historic Timber Structures

  • Karl-Gunnar Olsson, Ylva Sandin, Carl Thelin - Historical Timber Structures – Mechanical Patterns and Structural Form

  • Behzad Kord - Effects of Compression Failure on the Mechanical Properties of Pinus Wood in an Experimental Planting in North of Iran

  • Jerzy Jasienko, Tomasz Nowak - Strenghtening of Bent Timber Beams in Historical Objects

  • Øyvind Johansen - The Role of the Craftsman in Cultural Heritage Restoration

  • Ronald Anthony, Edmund Meade - Assessment of a Mechanical Failure in a Historic Wood Truss Using Digital Radioscopy

  • Liliana Palaia - Structural Failure Analysis of Timber Floors and Roofs in Ancient Buildings at Valencia (Spain)

  • Mario Li Castri, Tiziana Campisi - The Muqarnas Wooden Ceiling and the Nave Roofing in the Palatina Chapel of Palermo: Geometries, Failures and Restorations

  • Hülya Diskaya - Damage Assessment of 19th Century Traditional Timber Framed Structures in Istanbul

  • Richard Ortega - Failure is not always what it seems to be Timber Roof Trusses Behaving Badly

  • Conway L. Carter - Chiiori: Survey and Analysis of Structural Problems Facing a Traditional Japanese Farmhouse

  • Monica Naretto - Ancient Timber Structures in the Alpine Area of Piedmont: Building Systems, Failures and Decay. The Heritage of the Canavese Valleys

  • Rosalba Ientile - Ancient Timber Structures in the Alpine Area of Piedmont: Building Systems, Failures and Decay. The Case Study of Thures

  • Mattsson Johan - Structural Failures of the Timber Structures in Arctic Climate

  • Toshikazu Tsuchimoto - Mechanical Role of Roller Ends of Historical Timber Structures

  • Clara Bertolini Cestari, Panos Touliatos, Niki Miltiadou, Nikos Delinikolas, Claudio Menichelli, Alan Crivellaro, Tanja Marzi, Eleftheria Tsakanika, Olivia Pignatelli, Gianoreste Biglione - The Timber Roof of Hagia Paraskevi Basilica in Halkida, Greece: Multi-Disciplinary Methodological Approaches for the Understanding of the Structural Behaviour. Analysis and Diagnosis

  • Philippe Galimard, Emmanuel Maurin, Alain Cointe - Structural Diagnosis of the Roof Structure of the Apollo Gallery in the Louvre

  • Philippe Galimard, Emmanuel Maurin, Alain Cointe - Mechanical Diagnosis of Coronelli’s Globes with a View to their Straightening-up

  • Marco Togni, Alberto Bronzi, Luca Uzielli, Nicola Venturi - The Historic Timber Roof of “Giordano’s Warehouse” in Vallombrosa: Design, Story and Collapse

  • David C. Fischetti, Douglas W. Porter, Ronald W. Anthony - Assessment and Analysis of the Breeding Barn at Shelburne Farms

  • Hektor Thoma, Marco Togni, Luca Uzielli - Full-Size Truss Joints Made of Old Wood: Laboratory Tests on Shear Failures

  • Nora Lombardini - Assessment of Deformability and Collapse Load of Timber Structures Built According to Treatises of the First Half of Nineteenth Century: the Case of the Trusses Structures on the Roof of the Town Hall in Ravenna

  • Eleftheria Tsakanika - Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Historical Timber Roofs in Greece. Typical Failures, Misunderstanding of their Structural Behaviour, Restoration Proposals

  • Helmut Zeitter - Subsequent Realisation of a 280 Years Old Structural Design


    POSTERS

  • Fabrizio Agnello, Tiziana Campisi, Mario Li Castri - A Complex Scenic Machine: Geometry, Structure and Mechanical Behaviour in the Muqarnas Wooden Ceiling of the Palatina Chapel in Palermo
    poster I
    poster II
  • Francesco Augelli - Preliminary Inspections of Wooden Ceilings of the Great Mosque Al-Jami’ Al-Kabir in the Old City of Sana’a – Yemen
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  • Alfonso Basterra, Gamaliel López - Restoration of the Church Roof of Carthusian Monastery of Santa Maria de Miraflores, Burgos (Spain)
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  • Antonio Cottone, Simona Bertorotta - The Wooden Trusses of the “Red House” in Palermo’s Parco D’Orleans
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  • Jerzy Jasienko, Andrzey Kadluckza e Kazimierz Kusnierz - Polish Wooden Architecture – Joint European Heritage
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  • Irena Kucerova - Examination of Corroded Wood by Ammonium Phosphate and Sulphate – Based Fire Retardants – The Results of Prague Castle Roof Timber Examination
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  • Alexandr Popov - Constructions and Technologies of Russian Wooden Buildings of XVII-XVIII Centuries ((Case Study) The Church of St.Dimitry Solunsky in the Archangelsk Region)
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  • Tina Wik - The Restoration of the Wooden Elements of the Handanija Mosque, Prusak, Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Maria Jolanta Zychowska, Andrzej Bialkiewicz - Between Authenticity and Conservation Practice as Exemplified by Tetmajeròwska (Tetmajer’s Manor)
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