Investigation and Analysis on Seismic Damage of Historic Timber Structures Caused by Wenchuan Earthquake in Zhaohua Ancient City

Abstract:

According to the investigation on historic structures in Zhaohua Ancient City, there are a total of 210 historic structures in the city, of which the historic timber structures account for 93.8%, namely 197 in total. In this paper, damage degrees of the historic timber structures have been determined, although the timber structures had not considered seismic design when they were built, nearly 60% of the historic timber structures are of relatively minor damage. Besides, based on the analysis on seismic damage of the historic timber structures, the failure modes of the timber structures have been concluded, namely the tenon pullout or tenon break-off, the pillar break-off, the pedestal slip and the retaining wall damage.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 166-169)
• Pages: 2020-2023
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.166-169.2020
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Lu Cheng*, Hong Tao Liu, Xiao Wei Zhu, Bin Jia
• Keywords: Historic Timber Structures, Seismic Damage, Zhaohua Ancient City

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