Seismic vulnerability assessment of ancient masonry building : an experimental ...

• Author(s): Mendes, N. ; Lourenço, Paulo B. ; Costa, Alfredo Campos
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/17619
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Seismic vulnerability; Ancient masonry buildings; Shaking table test
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

This paper presents a review of the methods for seismic vulnerability assessment, together with an experimental method based on shaking table testing. This method is applied to a Portuguese masonry building typology with stone walls and timber floors, subjected to increasing earthquake damage. Traditional-like materials and techniques are used in the building. The vulnerability curves are presented and the damage indicator is correlated with the crack patterns and EMS 98.