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The authors acknowledge economic support of a Short-Term Scientific Mission by the EU COST Action FP1101: Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber Structures which allowed initial development of joint activities.
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Fernandez-Cabo, Jose L.AuthorNumerical Modeling and Seismic Assessment of Historic Planked Timber Arches
Publicated to:International Journal Of Architectural Heritage. 9 (6): 712-729 - 2015-08-18 9(6), DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2015.1041194
Authors: Ferreira, Carina Fonseca; D'Ayala, Dina; Fernandez-Cabo, Jose L; Arce-Blanco, Marina; Diez-Barra, Rafael; Hurtado-Valdez, Pedro
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Abstract
Historic buildings composed of timber vaults with planked arches are an important part of European and Latin-American heritage. However, the research on the structural assessment of timber planked arches has so far assumed the arches as continuous. In this article, the nailed joints of the arches are realistically modeled using springs of finite stiffness and the importance of their simulation to the whole structural response of the vaults is discussed. The approach is used to simulate the three-dimensional seismic behavior of the timber vault of the Cathedral of Ica, which was severely damaged by the 2007 Pisco earthquake. The numerical results and analytical models currently available in Eurocode 5 are used to explain the failure of the nailed joints of the arches of the cathedral in shear parallel to the grain and tension perpendicular to the grain. An assessment procedure of timber planked vaults by means of numerical modeling, from input parameters' validation to diagnosis, is presented with a relevant and complex case study, which can be applied to other similar constructions.
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The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Architectural Heritage due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2015, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.
From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.33, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-22, the following number of citations:
- WoS: 1
- Scopus: 5
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This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Peru; United Kingdom.