The Effect of Boundary Conditions on the Behaviour of Pointed Masonry Barrel Vaults: Late Gothic Cases in Scotland

Table 1: Summary of all tests.

Test	Description	Constraints	Self weight of vault as UDL (kN/m²)
BV3	Symmetric spread		0.231
BV4	Asymmetric spread (right-hand side)	Movement of back end restrained with wooden diaphragm plate (“wall”)	0.161
BV5	Central spread	Movement of front and back end restrained with wooden diaphragm plate (“wall”)	0.166
BV5R	Central spread of BV5 after FRP repair	Movement of front and back end restrained with wooden diaphragm plate (“wall”)	0.166
BV6	Asymmetric spread (right-hand side)	Movement of back end restrained with wooden diaphragm plate (“wall”)	0.156
BV6R	Asymmetric spread (right-hand side) of BV6 after FRP repair	Movement of back end restrained with wooden diaphragm plate (“wall”)	0.156
BV7	Asymmetric spread (right-hand side)	Movement of back end restrained with embedded diaphragm plate (“wall”) in plaster	0.154