Design of a prototype for the doors of the organ of the Cathedral of Tarragona

A real project motivated this article about analyzing, checking and designing a prototype for the stretcher of the doors of the Organ of the Cathedral of Tarragona. But its shorter length gives it more freedom to get theoretical conclusions, having no information and details from a longer analysis a...

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Autor: Payola Lahoz, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/130995
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/130995
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Historic buildings--Conservation and restauration
Prototype
Doors
Organ
Wood
Stress Design
Cathedral
Tarragona
Restoration
Edificis històrics--Conservació i restauració
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Edificació::Rehabilitació d'edificis
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Sumario:A real project motivated this article about analyzing, checking and designing a prototype for the stretcher of the doors of the Organ of the Cathedral of Tarragona. But its shorter length gives it more freedom to get theoretical conclusions, having no information and details from a longer analysis and new details founded during future site works. The main topic developed in this article the structural design of the old doors of the Organ, which have to be placed again in their original position. But as in other historical projects, is always a good beginning to research similar cases that can give further information. That’s why some cases were compared sharing same static conditions in order to find advantages to design a better structure using as less material as possible. Some static values were checked and compared, maintaining advantageous standards while doing the changes that were proved as positive to improve the new design of the doors.