TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance of masonry buildings and churches in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake
AU - Dizhur, Dmytro
AU - Ingham, Jason
AU - Moon, Lisa
AU - Griffith, Mike
AU - Schultz, Arturo
AU - Senaldi, Ilaria
AU - Magenes, Guido
AU - Dickie, Jocelyn
AU - Lissel, Shelley
AU - Centeno, Jose
AU - Ventura, Carlos
AU - Leite, Joao
AU - Lourenco, Paulo
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - 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 buildings and to churches as a result of the 22ndFebruary 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The study focused on investigating commonly encountered failure patterns and collapse mechanisms. A brief summary of activities undertaken is presented, detailing the observations that were made on the performance of and the deficiencies that contributed to the damage to approximately 650 inspected unreinforced clay brick masonry (URM) buildings, to 90 unreinforced stone masonry buildings, to 342 reinforced concrete masonry (RCM) buildings, to 112 churches in the Canterbury region, and to just under 1100 residential dwellings having external masonry veneer cladding. In addition, details are provided of retrofit techniques that were implemented within relevant Christchurch URM buildings prior to the 22 February earthquake and brief suggestions are provided regarding appropriate seismic retrofit and remediation techniques for stone masonry buildings.
AB - 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 buildings and to churches as a result of the 22ndFebruary 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The study focused on investigating commonly encountered failure patterns and collapse mechanisms. A brief summary of activities undertaken is presented, detailing the observations that were made on the performance of and the deficiencies that contributed to the damage to approximately 650 inspected unreinforced clay brick masonry (URM) buildings, to 90 unreinforced stone masonry buildings, to 342 reinforced concrete masonry (RCM) buildings, to 112 churches in the Canterbury region, and to just under 1100 residential dwellings having external masonry veneer cladding. In addition, details are provided of retrofit techniques that were implemented within relevant Christchurch URM buildings prior to the 22 February earthquake and brief suggestions are provided regarding appropriate seismic retrofit and remediation techniques for stone masonry buildings.
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U2 - 10.5459/bnzsee.44.4.279-296
DO - 10.5459/bnzsee.44.4.279-296
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84858993764
VL - 44
SP - 279
EP - 296
JO - Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
JF - Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
SN - 1174-9857
IS - 4
ER -