Paper Title:
Damage Assessment of Historic Earthen Sites after the 2007 Earthquake in Peru
| Periodical | Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 133 - 134) |
|---|---|
| Main Theme | Structural Analysis of Historic Constructions |
| Edited by | Xianglin Gu and Xiaobin Song |
| Pages | 665-670 |
| DOI | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.133-134.665 |
| Citation | N. Claudia et al., 2010, Advanced Materials Research, 133-134, 665 |
| Online since | October, 2010 |
| Authors | N. Claudia, B. Cancino |
| Keywords | Damage Assessment, Earthen Architecture, Earthquake, Seismic Damage |
| Price | US$ 28,- |
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Abstract
The Pisco earthquake of August 15, 2007 resulted in 519 deaths and 1366 injured, with a total of 650,000 people affected and 80,000 dwellings damaged. Preliminary reports indicated that significant earthen sites were damaged. A few months after the earthquake a rapid assessment to better understand the failure of the affected sites was performed by a multidisciplinary team convened by the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) in response to a request from the Instituto Nacional de Cultura del Perú (INC). This paper presents the highlights of that evaluation and its implications for the future design and retrofit of earthen buildings.
