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This document explains the underlying causes for the poor seismic performance of stone masonry buildings and offers techniques for improving it for both new and existing buildings. The proposed techniques have been proven in field applications, are relatively ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Construction
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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Publication Number WHE-2011-01
Vetturini R.
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Mollailoli F.
et al.
Typical house occupied by low-income and middle-class families in rural areas of central Italy. The building studied in this report is located in the municipality of Nocera Umbra, province of Perugia, Umbria region, Italy. This type of building, with minor ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Construction
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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE), Report 121
Bauer R. A.
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Trent B. A.
et al.
The ISGS has prepared this publication in order to provide information to Illinois homeowners concerned with or experiencing subsidence problems associated with past mining activity. Common damages and problems associated with subsidence are described. Some ...
Filed under:
Engineering Geology -
Subsidence
Reference:
Circular 569 2006
This construction originated during the Middle Ages in response to the threat of militaryinvasions. The building plan is a square lattice, 5-7 meters, formed by three or four floors, with one room on each floor, and a total height of 15-20 m. It is a common ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Construction
Reference:
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE), Report 113
Masonry houses with good structural performance may be constructed by appropriate construction procedures, good structural detailing and good quality control. This guide has been divided in fourteen sections following the construction procedure. Structural ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Construction
Reference:
CISMID/FIC/UNI Construction of Masonry Buildings with appropriated technologies, e Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan
The purpose of developing these guidelines is to provide technically soundanalytical tools and acceptable assessment criteria for the seismic evaluation of stone-masonry structures.
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Construction
Reference:
Technology Directorate Architectural & Engineering Services Real Property Services Branch Public Works & Government Services Canada, July 2002
Farsi M.
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Lazzali F.
et al.
This is a typical residential construction type found in most Algerian urban centers, constituting 40 to 50% of the total urban housing stock. This construction, built mostly before the 1950s by French contractors, is no longer practiced. Buildings of this ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Construction
Reference:
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE), Report 75
This report sought to answer the question: does the vertical component of ground motion constitute a significant proportion of the loading that has to be resisted by a building and by its foundations. It concentrates on ground motion in the near-field where ...
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Earthquake Engineering -
Strong Ground Motion
Reference:
ESEE Report No. 00-4 August 2000
<p>An analysis of a case history of settlement damage to a masonry building, due to the construction of a nearby shaft, is presented. Three-dimensional finite element analysis is used, in which the non-linear behavior of both the soil (a heavily overconsolidated ...
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Soil Mechanics -
Soil Settlement
Reference:
Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground Kusakabe, Fujita & Miyazaki (eds)
Augarde C. E.
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Burd H. J.
et al.
A procedure for modelling incremental excavation using finite elements is discussed here in detail. A three dimensional finite element analysis of an unlined tunnel under a greenfield site using a simple constitutive model for the soil is used to illustrate ...
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Tunnel Engineering -
Ground - Structure Interaction
Reference:
Numerical models in Geomechanics, NUMOG V, Pande et al, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995