Structural and material diagnostics of historical industrial buildings

Author(s): Piotr Berkowski, Grzegorz Dmochowski
Paper category: Proceedings
Book title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Materials Systems and Structures (SMSS2019) Durability, Monitoring and Repair of Structures
Editor(s): Ana Baričević, Marija Jelčić Rukavina, Domagoj Damjanović, Maurizio Guadagnini
ISBN: 978-2-35158-217-6
e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-218-3
Publisher: RILEM Publications SARL
Publication year: 2019
Pages: 676-683
Total Pages: 848
Language: English

Abstract: Many old industrial buildings that come from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries still exist in the city of Wrocław, as well as in the Lower Silesia region (Poland). Some of them have been used in recent years, but due to deterioration caused by the flow of time have become ruins, causing them to be closed because of not meeting structural and technological requirements. The lucky ones, which are recognized as industrial monuments, are currently undergoing the process of refurbishment in order to adapt them to new utility functions or to keep them functioning in an industrial manner with new types of production. Issues related to the processes of ensuring the continuous serviceability of such heritage buildings are closely linked with the processes of their technical state assessment, repair and strengthening procedures. Architectural and structural historic surveys, which are extremely important elements for a proper diagnosis of the technical condition of such buildings, are related to the following aspects of a structure’s history: structural modelling, methods of structural analysis and dimensioning of structural components, properties of building materials, technologies of their production, and also the technology of construction. These studies, supported by the use of modern material examination techniques and computational simulations, allow for a more complete understanding of analysed historic structures, which in turn supports their proper refurbishment. Based on several existing historic industrial buildings, the process of the evaluation of their technical state is presented in this paper.

Online publication :2019
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