2015 Nepal earthquake: seismic performance and reconstruction of stone masonry buildings

Author: Rohit Kumar Adhikari

Date published

5 June 2020

Price
Free
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2015 Nepal earthquake: seismic performance and reconstruction of stone masonry buildings

Case Study

Author

Rohit Kumar Adhikari

Date published

5 June 2020

Author

Rohit Kumar Adhikari

Price

Free

This presentation discusses residential building damage, reconstruction issues, numerical analysis of stone masonry typologies and more.

This presentation was made at the EEFIT Research Grant projects showcase on 22 October 2019.

Speaker: Rohit Kumar Adhikari
University: University College London

 

2015 Nepal earthquake: seismic performance and reconstruction of stone masonry buildings

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Video
Video Length:
00:21:25
Publisher:
IStructE

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Case Study Masonry - stone Seismic & Vibration Video IStructE London HQ EEFIT

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