TY - GEN
T1 - Structural Behaviour of English Serpentine Walls for Architectural Heritage Preservation
AU - Lai, Matteo
AU - Paris, Vittorio
AU - Fabbrocino, Francesco
AU - Reccia, Emanuele
AU - Adriaenssens, Sigrid
AU - Olivieri, Carlo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - The structural characteristics of Crinckle Crankle walls are a topic of fascination. These unique, corrugated structures can be observed in East Anglia (England), where they were predominantly constructed between the 17th and 19th centuries for purposes such as enclosing orchards or as garden walls. Referred to as Crinckle Crankle walls, some of these distinctive structures still stand in Suffolk and Hampshire. This particular construction technique, often credited to Dutch engineers [1], involves creating a sinuous form that imparts increased bending stiffness and enhances the wall’s ability to withstand horizontal forces. As a result, craftsmen were able to construct slender walls using just a single row of bricks, eliminating the need for traditional supports or buttresses. This discussion aims to shed light on the structural capabilities of these walls and their construction methods. The walls will be analyzed using Discrete Element Method (DEM) analysis. Additionally, considerations will be made regarding their load-bearing capacity and security evaluations when subjected to dynamic loads.
AB - The structural characteristics of Crinckle Crankle walls are a topic of fascination. These unique, corrugated structures can be observed in East Anglia (England), where they were predominantly constructed between the 17th and 19th centuries for purposes such as enclosing orchards or as garden walls. Referred to as Crinckle Crankle walls, some of these distinctive structures still stand in Suffolk and Hampshire. This particular construction technique, often credited to Dutch engineers [1], involves creating a sinuous form that imparts increased bending stiffness and enhances the wall’s ability to withstand horizontal forces. As a result, craftsmen were able to construct slender walls using just a single row of bricks, eliminating the need for traditional supports or buttresses. This discussion aims to shed light on the structural capabilities of these walls and their construction methods. The walls will be analyzed using Discrete Element Method (DEM) analysis. Additionally, considerations will be made regarding their load-bearing capacity and security evaluations when subjected to dynamic loads.
KW - Corrugated shells
KW - Crinkle crankle walls
KW - Serpentine walls
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-76591-9_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-76591-9_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105002012046
SN - 9783031765902
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 135
EP - 141
BT - Computational Mechanics and Applied Mathematics
A2 - Marmo, Francesco
A2 - Cuomo, Salvatore
A2 - Cutolo, Arsenio
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 2nd GIMC-SIMAI Workshop for Young Scientists, 2024
Y2 - 10 July 2024 through 12 July 2024
ER -