Abstract
This study shows the advantage of using virtual reality models in the structural assessment of architectural heritage buildings. Today, very powerful numerical methods can obtain the structural behavior of historical buildings, such as discrete and finite element methods. In addition, the continuous improvement of computers has allowed for creating numerical models of entire structures. However, the post-processing and interpretation of the numerical results of these models continue to be a hard task. In this context, virtual reality models are powerful tools to simplify the task of post-processing the numerical results. In this way, the numerical results of a three-dimensional (3D) model, analyzed with any numerical method, can be exported to a virtual reality modeling language (VRML) file format to represent 3D interactive vector graphics, and designed particularly for the World Wide Web system. This property will allow display the virtual model in a tablet computer, notebook or any device with a web browser in order to navigate through the building observing stresses, strains, damages or any result of the numerical model.
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