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University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars > Masonry made sexy again: High level research, professional practice and innovation
Masonry made sexy again: High level research, professional practice and innovationAdd to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal
If you have a question about this talk, please contact Karen Mitchell. The evolution of structural masonry is briefly reviewed in the presentation, from old thrust line behavior to modern global behavior using shear walls.
Bio: Dr Paulo Laurenco is Full Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), University of Minho, GuimarĂ£es, Portugal, and coordinator of the Group of Historical and Masonry Structures. He is also Head of the Institute in Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, with current contracted funding of 7.5 Million Euro and more than 100 PhD students. He has supervised 45 PhD theses and is author of more than 1000 publications, with an h-index of 36. He is experienced in the fields of NDT , advanced experimental and numerical techniques, innovative strengthening techniques and earthquake engineering. He has worked as a consultant on several projects, including more than one hundred monuments in different countries and has been responsible for several R&D projects with the masonry industry. This talk is part of the Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars series. This talk is included in these lists:
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