The Application of Carbon Composites in the Rehabilitation of Historic Vaults

Abstract:

The on-going renovation and reconstruction of the Premonstrate Monastery in Teplá was the site for the application of the results of research carried out within the NAKI research project [1]. Barrel vaults with lunettes over the arcaded walk of the convent had been damaged at the crown by a continuous tensile crack one to several millimetres in width. The vault was reinforced and stabilised with strips of a carbon composite and epoxy resin. The article describes the design and the stabilisation and reinforcement procedure of the vaults over the arcaded walk on the 1^st overground storey of the convent damaged by a continuous, at places prominent tensile crack at the vault crown using the method of non-prestressed strips of a carbon composite.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1122)
• Pages: 82-89
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1122.82
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: Jiří Witzany, Jiri Brozovsky, Tomáš Čejka, Klára Kroftová, Václav Maršík, Radek Zigler*
• Keywords: Application, FRP, Historic Buildings, Strengthening, Vaults

References

[1] Czech Ministry of Culture research project NAKI DF12P01OVV037 Progressive non-invasive methods of the stabilization, conservation and strengthening of historical structures and their parts with fibre- and nanofibre-based composite materials.

[2] Witzany, J., Čejka, T., Zigler, R.: Strengthening of Historical Masonry Vaults and Pillars with Carbon Fabric. In Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation in Civil Structures. Dubai: American University in Dubai UAE, 2011, p.122.

[3] Witzany, J., Čejka, T., Zigler, R.: Experimental research on strengthening of masonry vaults using FRP. In FRP Composites in Civil Engineering. Duebendorf: EMPA, 2008, p.149. ISBN 978-3-905594-50-8.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17487-2_208