Frontiers of Architectural Research >

2012 , Vol. 1 >Issue 3: 244 - 252

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2012.05.001

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Architectural vanguard stone

  • Grazia Lombardo
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  • Department of Architecture, University of Catania, Italy

Received date: 14 Mar 2012

Accepted date: 10 May 2012

Published date: 05 Sep 2012

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2014 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abstract

The modern and updated use of traditional materials in the building industry often proves to improve the performance of the buildings through the economy of management, duration, conditions of comfort and safety, appearance and shelf life. Within this problem a search has allowed us to verify a new building procedure based on the use of reinforced masonry with blocks of natural stone and steel bars and mortar. Then a new phase of research has defined the building procedure of prestressed reinforced masonry with dry-assembled blocks of natural stone. This paper reports the results from a test phase of the research relating to the execution of a full-scale prototype of a panel, with a curved shape, called ‘‘stone sail’’. This testing allows us to verify the real feasibility of the new building procedure.

Key words： Prestressed masonry; Natural stone; Dry assembled; Full-scale prototype

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Grazia Lombardo . Architectural vanguard stone[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2012 , 1(3) : 244 -252 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2012.05.001

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