Rehabilitation of a masonry structure

Student: Blaj Marian Coordinators: Prof. dr. ing. Irina Lungu As. Mihai Venghiac

Structural rehabilitation of a structural masonry monument

1. Introduction Our case study is the roman catholic cathedral !Adormirea Maicii "omnului# from Iasi$ Stefan cel Mare. According P%&&'() the *uilding is +art of A% grou+ *uilt *efore %(,& and the category of the construction is !a# - construction .ith structural masonry .alls.

2. History In the same location .as *uilt in %/)( another church that *urned. O0er the foundation of the first church it .as *uilt a ne. church from masonry and stone .ithout *ell to.er. Mean.hile the structure .as reha*ilitated the old foundation *eing connected *y a strong and dee+er e1tension .ith % m dee+ from the ante tem+le foundation that means ,.2 m. 3he church had *een +assed o0er %, strong earth4ua5es o0er / degrees on 6ichter scale until no.adays.

3. Structural composition 3he structure is com+osed from *earing solid *ric5 masonry .alls. 3he framing is su++orted *y the structural .alls and is made *y +ro+s$ +urlins$ *racings$ rafters$ ri*s$ roof *oarding. 3he infrastructure is continuous footing under structural .alls made *y stone. 3his are erected o0er the first construction foundation and at the e1tension of this one they .ere together *ound for assurance of the good continuity *et.een them.

4. Constant damages Some damages has *een determined after a structural re+ort. Some of theme are li5e crac5s in arches$ 0ertical crac5s on the .alls in the changing of the cross section of the .all$ dam+ness on a*out %.) m height$ *ric5s deterioration *ecause of the frost cleftness 7geli0itate8 and *rea5age *et.een them$ crac5s at the .indo. arches$ crac5s at the lintels. 5. ossible causes Material aging caused *y the atmos+heric climate$ humidity etc. "amage of the foundation soil caused *y .ater$ dynamic damage li5e earth4ua5es. Vertical dis+lacement cased *y the clay soil *eing com+ressi*le or su+erstructure damage that .ill lead to a redistri*ution of the stresses.

!. Solutions of rehabilitation Construction of a mat foundation .hich can ta5e o0er the stresses and diminuish the une4ual slum+. 90ery girder from the raft that .ill *e e1ecuted .ill +ass from the foundation stone masonry li5e a *loc5 that .ill connect that ) side *eams from interior and e1terior for .or5ing together. Construction of a coffered floor o0er the *asement .hich *eams are connect .ith the mat$ .ith reinforced concrete columns reali:ing a stiff grid in all the *asement .alls. Injection in the masonry stone at foundation .ith grout. Ma5ing of reinforced concrete girdles at sla* le0el$ under the .indo.s$ o0er the .indo.s and at the attic le0el.
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Chec5ing of all the .ood framing mem*ers and introducing at some +oint metallic co0er +lates im+ro0ements for reha*ilitation. Sto++ing of the dam+ness .ill *e made .ith !;iesol# solution that is injected on the mass masonry of stone from the foundation and o0er the surface of this .ith the ground. 3his .ill close the +ores sto++ing the rising of the .ater from cra:e ca+illarity. Another solution it could *e achie0e *y injection of all the crac5s in the masonry .alls and masonry stone for reconstruct the material *ond.

". Conclusion <or the reha*ilitation of the structure it must *e +ro+osed a solution .hich .ill increase the construction stiffness for an e0entually earth4ua5e res+onse= the +ro+osed solution it must a0oid to affect the architecture or dimentions changes of the *uilding.

#ibliography %. Sur0ey re+ort: 91+ert tehnic atestat MLPA3 Bucure>ti 9%(?$ 91+ert Ministerul Culturii >i Cultelor 9%&($ Ing. C tin <irtea ). 6ea*ilitarea si consolidarea constructiilor din :idarie )$ +rof. dr. ing. 3udor "an ?. 6eha*ilitation of constructions lectures$ conf. dr. ing. Irina Lungu