2020/05/26 by Paolo Vannucci, Vannucci, Paolo
Arts and Humanities · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Conservation Techniques and Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts #Wood Treatment and Properties #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2005.12584
Preprint; 34 pages, 18 figures, 13 tables
openalex publication_date 2020/05/26 · arxiv created 2020/06/15 · arxiv updated 2020/06/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The timber roofing structure (charpente or combles, in French) of the cathedral Notre-Dame, destroyed by the fire of April 15th, 2019, is studied. The aim is twofold: on the one hand, it is interesting to evaluate the structural behavior of the original wooden structure in view of the reconstruction of the cathedral's roof. On the other hand, its structural analysis, never done before, can help to shed a light on the design process used by the masterbuilders of the XIIIth century, and to reconstruct, at least in part, the structural thought and knowledge of the ancient builders.