{"id":3021,"date":"2023-03-05T18:33:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T18:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/load-tests-load-bearing-capacity-of-a-building\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:35:30","slug":"load-tests-load-bearing-capacity-of-a-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/load-tests-load-bearing-capacity-of-a-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Load tests: Load-bearing capacity of a Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of the loading system consisting of hydraulic jacks with a pulling action<br \/>\nTeknoProgetti conducts <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_713\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-713\">load tests<\/figure>\n<p> to estimate the load-bearing capacity of an existing structure.<\/p>\n<p>Here is one of our recent activities.<\/p>\n<h2>Load Testing at Existing Building Used as a Gymnasium.<\/h2>\n<p>The static load test was performed on <strong>the school gym roof.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The purpose was to <strong>verify the load-bearing capacity as a result of increased loads, due to the installation of photovoltaic panels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The static pull load test required the use of hydraulic jacks, which can apply tensile or thrust actions (or static loads provided by the client).<\/p>\n<h3>The measurement of deformations<\/h3>\n<p>Strain measurement, on the other hand, is recorded using <strong>potentiometric displacement transducers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They are placed, via telescopic rods, in contact with the loaded structure.<\/p>\n<p>Displacement transducers are appropriately arranged in relation to the geometry of the element under test and the position of the applied loads.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting system was anchored to the roofing elements.<\/p>\n<p>It was also counteracted at the base of the gymnasium pillars by means of chains and doweled metal plates.<\/p>\n<p>All load and strain monitoring data are displayed and recorded <strong>in real time<\/strong>, via PC-interfaced electronic control unit.<\/p>\n<p>Some details of the work can be seen in the photos below.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teknoprogettisrl.it\/divisione-tecnologica\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology Division of TeknoProgetti s.r.l.<\/a> is in charge of diagnostic investigations, monitoring and nondestructive testing (CND or NDT) on site.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Technology Division provides independent consulting services to businesses, professionals, government agencies and insurance adjusters.<\/p>\n<p>It also constitutes support for our <strong>Design Division<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verification of the load-bearing capacity of a roof as a result of increased loads following the installation of photovoltaic panels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-news-en","category-our-works"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4887,"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions\/4887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknoprogettisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}