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Investigation of microtremors observed at historic masonry townhouse buildings after Nepal earthquake

open access: yesFrontiers in Built Environment, 2022
The Gorkha earthquake in 2015 was a recent large-scale earthquake that caused severe damage to many historic masonry buildings in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
Yoichi Mukai   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methods for determining mechanical properties of walls

open access: yesGrađevinar, 2021
Masonry buildings with wooden floor structures, not equipped with vertical and horizontal tie beams, suffered the greatest damage in the earthquake that hit Zagreb on 22 March 2020.
Joško Krolo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of Temperature Impact on the Strength of Adhesion of Polyurethane Glue-foam with Masonry Products [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
The use of masonry on glued polyurethane foam joints can significantly increase labor productivity in the construction of stone buildings. One of the factors restraining the introduction of polyurethane foam adhesive into the practice of construction of ...
Derkach Valery
doaj   +1 more source

Seismic risk reduction through retrofitting of school masonry buildings from Romania

open access: yesFrontiers in Built Environment, 2023
Retrofitting the existing building stock is needed since it can cause significant losses as in case of a damaging earthquake, particularly in structures used for public services, such as schools.
Alexandra Scupin, Radu Văcăreanu
doaj   +1 more source

unreinforced masonry buildings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A recent earthquake of M=4.9 occurred on 29 October 2007 in C, ameli, Denizli, which is located in a seismically active region at southwest Anatolia, Turkey. It has caused extensive damages at unreinforced masonry buildings like many other cases observed
Akyol, E   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Determination of unit characteristics of concrete linear creep/Betono tiesinio valkšnumo vienetinių rodiklių nustatymas

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2000
It is very important to take into account time-dependent non-elastic deformations and variation of concrete mechanical characteristics in analysis of concrete structures.
Robertas Balevičius   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seismic Performance Assessment of Low-Rise Unreinforced and Confined Brick Masonry School Buildings Using the Applied Element Method

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
Masonry buildings are generally vulnerable to seismic action, as evidenced extensively in past earthquakes. In order to improve their seismic performance, several modifications have been introduced, such as reinforcing or confining the masonry.
Rohit Kumar Adhikari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Safety of Masonry Buildings near Deep Excavations: Ultimate Limit States

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
It is a common practice to construct new buildings in the close vicinity of existing buildings. New buildings require deep excavations, which cause non-uniform displacement of the ground, causing a negative impact on the safety and technical conditions ...
Radosław Jasiński   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Masonry Residential Buildings in the Older Parts of Tehran through Fragility Curves and Basic RVS Scores

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
The present study aims to determine the Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) basic scores for four representative Unreinforced Masonry (URM) and their corresponding Confined Masonry (CM) buildings.
Mohammad Yekrangnia
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of masonry buildings and churches in the 22 february 2011 christchurch earthquake [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
As part of the „Project Masonry‟ Recovery Project funded by the New Zealand Natural Hazards Research Platform, commencing in March 2011, an international team of researchers was deployed to document and interpret the observed earthquake damage to masonry
Centeno, Jose   +12 more
core   +1 more source

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