Radar exploration applied to historical buildings A case study of the Marques de Llió palace, in Barcelona (Spain)》.pdf

Engineering Failure Analysis 16 (2009) 1039–1050 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Engineering Failure Analysis journal homepage: /lo cate/engfailanal Radar exploration applied to historical buildings: A case study of the Marques de Llió palace, in Barcelona (Spain) V. Pérez-Gracia a,*, O. Caselles b, J. Clapés b, R. Osorio c, J.A. Canas b, L.G. Pujades b a Dpt. Resistència de Materials i Estructures a l’Enginyeria, EUETIB/CEIB, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, C/Urgell 187, 08036 Barcelona, Spain b Dpt. d’Enginyeria del Terreny, Cartogràfica i Geofísica, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, C/Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain c Dpt. d’Enginyeria Minera i Recursos Naturals, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Historical and heritage buildings have been remodelled lots of times in his large history, Received 9 May 2008 especially for old private ones. For some years these historical buildings have been used Accepted 25 May 2008 for other public o private uses than the one which were designed. Especially important Available online 7 June 2008 are the remodelling carried out during the last few decades, using extensively concrete. These changes to adapt and restore the structures were performed in order to develop spe- Keywords: cific uses and, generally, they are not enough documented. Historical buildings The modificati