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Experimental Investigation on the Seismic Disaster Mitigation of Unreinforced Brick Masonry BuildingsBy Mohammad Javed, Bashir Alam, Ali M. Syed, Khan Shahzada
Abstract: The Himalayan region is considered to have the potential to produce earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 or greater once every 100 years. Since the occurrence of an earthquake cannot be prevented; therefore, seismic disaster mitigation remains the only option for the civil society. Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings, constructed with stone or brick, are very common in Northern Pakistan part of Himalayan belt. The seismic performance of stone masonry was found very …
Published in Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology · Vol. 2, Issue 1-3, 2012 · pp. 55–67 Read article →