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On-site Stress Measurements of a Flying Buttress in the Palma de Mallorca (Spain) Cathedral

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Acknowledgments

The author acknowledges the financial support of the “Plan Nacional de I+D” of the Spanish Government to perform the experimental work within the framework of the Research Project BIA2004-054801 and PES 2012 (UPV/EHU). The Palma de Mallorca Cathedral staff and Prof. Pere Roca (Univ. Pol. of Catalonia, Spain) are acknowledged for providing support for this study.

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  1. Faculty of Architecture, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), Onate Square 2, 20018, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

    Santiago Sánchez-Beitia

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Sánchez-Beitia, S. On-site Stress Measurements of a Flying Buttress in the Palma de Mallorca (Spain) Cathedral. Rock Mech Rock Eng 49, 315–319 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-015-0742-x

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