Ana Sofia Guimarães: 2 books
Hygrothermal Risk on Building Heritage
A Methodology for a Risk Map
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
This book presents a critical review of a criterion of risk, created to assess the flood risk to heritage buildings, and evaluates this criterion by applying it to the sample Portuguese heritage buildings. In a first approach, the total number of potential parameters is effectively reduced and the...
Structural Performance of Masonry Elements
Mortar Coating Layers Influence
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
This book discusses the main mechanical features of masonry buildings and the peculiarities that affect their structural behaviour. It also examines technical information regarding accidents that have occurred in recent years in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, along with the historical records...