Case-Based Reasoning for Building Structures: A Case Study of Timber Floor Slabs Strengthening

Ana Fernández-Cuartero Paramio; Juan Francisco de la Torre Calvo; Antonio Aznar López; José Ignacio Hernando García; Consolación Acha Román; Fernando da Casa Martín

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Case-Based Reasoning for Building Structures: A Case Study of Timber Floor Slabs Strengthening

Ana Fernández-Cuartero Paramio, Juan Francisco de la Torre Calvo, Antonio Aznar López, José Ignacio Hernando García, Consolación Acha Román, Fernando da Casa Martín

Published in International Journal of Engineering Management (Volume 1, Issue 1)

Received: 13 March 2017 Accepted: 30 March 2017 Published: 27 April 2017

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Abstract

This article presents the application of a Case-based Reasoning (CBR) in order to define the calculation and verification parameters to design building structures. Each and every calculating variable has to be chosen according to construction criteria from a set up list. These decisions are meant to find a solution that will be the closest possible to a valid one, and this will be verified through calculation. In the optimal scenario, the calculation will just verify that the chosen solution is valid, or that it is completely impossible to implement the strengthening; whereas in the worst scenario, the calculating process will simply correct some previous decision, once the strengthening suitability is confirmed. A case study of timber floor slabs straightening is introduced in which a selection of the necessary parameters for its calculation and verification are defined by CBR. Finally, the same case study is built and calculated by SAP commercial program in order to find out whether the defined parameters can actually envisage a proper solution for the strengthening.

Published in	International Journal of Engineering Management (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijem.20170101.13
Page(s)	16-26
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Case-Based, Reasoning, Floor-Slab, Strengthening, Timber

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Ana Fernández-Cuartero Paramio, Juan Francisco de la Torre Calvo, Antonio Aznar López, José Ignacio Hernando García, Consolación Acha Román, et al. Case-Based Reasoning for Building Structures: A Case Study of Timber Floor Slabs Strengthening. Int J Eng Manag. 2017;1(1):16-26. doi: 10.11648/j.ijem.20170101.13

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Ana Fernández-Cuartero Paramio

Departamento de Construcción y Tecnología Arquitectónica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Juan Francisco de la Torre Calvo

Departamento de Estructuras y Física de la Edificación, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Antonio Aznar López

Departamento de Estructuras y Física de la Edificación, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
José Ignacio Hernando García

Departamento de Estructuras y Física de la Edificación, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Consolación Acha Román

Departamento de Construcción y Tecnología Arquitectónica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Fernando da Casa Martín

Departamento de Arquitectura, área de Construcciones Arquitectónicas, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

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