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https://hdl.handle.net/10216/84531| Author(s): | Esmeralda Paupério Xavier Romão Aníbal Costa |
| Title: | Seismic damage to churches: observations from the 2011 Lorca (Spain) earthquake |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Abstract: | On 11 May 2011, an earthquake of magnitude Mw = 5.1 hit the city of Lorca, Spain. The earthquake caused a large amount of damage over a number of buildings. The paper presents an overview of the damages observed during a two-day reconnaissance trip made two weeks after the earthquake. After reviewing the regional tectonic settings and seismicity, the paper addresses the performance of masonry churches during the earthquake. The damage patterns are analysed in light of the type of masonry construction that was found. The level of damage is also quantified according to an existing grading procedure for churches based on theoretical failure mechanisms. |
| Subject: | Engenharia estrutural, Engenharia civil Structural engineering, Civil engineering |
| Scientific areas: | Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias::Engenharia civil Engineering and technology::Civil engineering |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10216/84531 |
| Source: | 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, WCEE 2012 |
| Document Type: | Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional |
| Rights: | openAccess |
| License: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Appears in Collections: | FEUP - Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional |
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