Performance of Dutch Colonial Era Buildings
These art deco style buildings were an integral part of the original spice trade routes, using the Batang Arau as a trading port. The structures in this area are mostly tall two-story buildings, built with unreinforced brick masonry walls usually two-wythes wide. The buildings have wood floor and roof truss framing, with no substantial connection […]
Masjid Nurul Iman
The structure was evaluated in the spring of this year as part of a research project by students at Stanford University studying potential tsunami evacuation structures in Padang. Therefore, pre-earthquake photos and partial existing structural drawings were available for review. Figure 1. Masjid Nurul Iman, one of the largest mosques in Padang. Masjid […]
Seismic Performance of Dutch Colonial Buildings
INTRODUCTION As we are aware a lot of the existing old buildings constitute relics of the Dutch colonial period that are 100 – 300 years old, were found particularly in the big cities in Indonesia such as Padang. A large number of these buildings represent constructions of 1 to 3 floors (low-rise buildings), constitute unreinforced […]
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Observations from the EERI Team
During the afternoon, we revisited a large heritage stone masonry building showing signs of unusual differential settlement, noted by the EERI team on earlier inspections. The large 1930’s L shaped building showed demonstrable settlement, tilting and liquefaction ejecta around its exterior. Maximum relative settlement was estimated at ~.2m to ground elevation. In the 1990’s the […]
Heritage Buildings
Figure 1. Montreal and Kilmore. Figure 2. Montreal and Peterborough. Following the 4 September 2010 earthquake, this heritage building had been braced, but it collapsed on 22 February 2011. Figure 3. Wocester and Montreal. Figure 4. Wocester and Montreal. Learning from Earthquakes: […]
Damage to Monuments
From: “Earthquake reported along the East Coast”, Washington Post The National Park Service says the Washington Monument may have suffered cracks near its top during Tuesday’s earthquake, and the monument could be closed indefinitely. Park service spokesman Bill Line said there appear to be cracks “at the very, very top” of the 555-foot tall structure, and […]
Damaged Minarets
Figure 1. Collapsed and damaged minarets
Lessons of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake Disaster
When the 7.8 Mw earthquake struck on 25 April 2015 (Saturday), the author was with his family at the Safari Narayani Hotel on the bank of the Rapti river bordering the Chitwan National Park in south Nepal. Although the ground shaking lasted there for more than one minute, it was relatively moderate and did not cause any visible […]
Kathmandu Valley
The cultural heritage of the Kathmandu Valley is illustrated by seven groups of monuments and buildings which display the full range of historic and artistic achievements for which the Kathmandu Valley is world famous. GENERAL MAP MAP OF KEY LOCATIONS The seven include: 1. Durbar Square of Hanuman Dhoka (Kathmandu) 2. Durbar Square of PatanLinks:[1]http://us.india.com/news/india/earthquake-in-nepal-patans-royal-durbar-square-shattered-364006/[2] […]