Nepal earthquake: seismic performance and post-earthquake reconstruction of stone masonry buildings

Author: Rohit Kumar Adhikari and Dina D’Ayala

Date published

18 October 2019

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Nepal earthquake: seismic performance and post-earthquake reconstruction of stone masonry buildings

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Author

Rohit Kumar Adhikari and Dina D’Ayala

Date published

18 October 2019

Author

Rohit Kumar Adhikari and Dina D’Ayala

Price

Free

PDF

A report from a project funded by a 2018 EEFIT Research Grant.

This report is an outcome of the analysis of data and information related to the damage and post-earthquake reconstruction of residential buildings, collected during the field survey by the authors, in light of 2015 Nepal earthquake sequence.

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Format:
PDF
Pages:
68
Publisher:
EEFIT

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Research & Innovation Report Masonry - stone Domestic Residential Sustainability & Environment Disaster mitigation, management & recovery Resilience Humanitarian & International Development Seismic & Vibration EEFIT

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