Stabilisation of the gravity structure of the Romanesque Abbey of Payerne Switzerland
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Eugen Brühwiler
(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and BridgIng Consulting Engineer, Lausanne, Switzerland)
David Martin (2M Civil Engineers SA, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering the Future, Vancouver, Canada, 21-23 September 2017 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Vancouver 2017 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 722-729 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2017 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/vancouver.2017.0722 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The gravity structure of the Romanesque Abbey of Payerne in Switzerland showed structural disorders indicating a delicate state of equilibrium. Consequently, the structure was stabilized by installing inclined tendons inside the walls of the side-naves that were anchored up to 10 m below the foundation in the ground. The implemented concept is original, invisible and allowed to avoid the horizontal steel bars (to take the horizontal thrust force of arches) that, in such cases, usually are installed, however significantly impair the perception of space in the church. |
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| Keywords: |
heritage structure Romanesque architecture natural stone masonry gravity structure inclined post-tensioning tendon strengthening intervention
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