Iron Ties Originally Anchored into Masonry as a Historical Construction Technology - Case Study: A Church in Cyprus

摘要

Unreinforced masonry structures are vulnerable to seismic actions due to their limited capacity to sustain tensile stresses. The installation of iron tie-rods is a technique often applied as a remedy, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean. In Cyprus, this technology is encountered mostly in large-scale buildings, such as three-nave churches of the late l9~(th)-early 20~(th) century. A grid of iron tie-rods connecting walls and columns in both the longitudinal and transverse directions, was anchored into the masonry during the construction phase.