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Thesis
Aiding historic preservation through structural identification
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00010271
Abstract
Structural Identification was explored as a method for the preservation of an historic structure, Beth Sholom Temple by Frank Lloyd Wright. The motivation for the thesis was borne from the desire to introduce the field of preservation to a new tool for the preservation of the recent past. Beth Sholom Temple provided an ideal case study to explore the power of finite element modeling for structural analysis. By creating models of different resolution, the causes of building imderperformance could be explored. An element level model of the roof of Beth Sholom was constructed and subjected to various loading scenarios. The responses from the global model were then transferred to a model of a single glass panel in order to study the effects of global behavior on the roof cladding material. The thesis concluded that the coupling of global movements and frozen moveable connections would provide enough force to initiate cracking in the class panels.
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- Title
- Aiding historic preservation through structural identification
- Creators
- Aliya Ann Turner
- Contributors
- Franklin L. Moon (Advisor) - Drexel University, Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xiii, 120 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil (and Architectural) Engineering [Historical]; College of Engineering (1970-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991021889084404721