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This submission belongs to the session ICEM. ICEM 2018 of the event The Eighteenth International Conference of Experimental Mechanics

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27 May, 2018

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Domenico Liberatore, Salvatore Russo, Luigi Sorrentino, 150 Combined ND techniques for structural assessment: the case of historic Nepali constructions after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, in Proceedings of The Eighteenth International Conference of Experimental Mechanics, Brussels, 1 July–5 July 2018, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/ICEM18-05271

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150 Combined ND techniques for structural assessment: the case of historic Nepali constructions after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake

Salvatore Russo ¹

Domenico Liberatore ²

Luigi Sorrentino ²

1. IUAV University of Venice

2. "Sapienza" University of Rome

Abstract

Combined non-destructive in situ techniques – namely sonic tests and ambient vibration measurements – are applied on two Nepali Pagoda temples damaged by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, providing the dynamic elastic modulus of masonry and the buildings’ frequencies.

Keywords

Non-destructive combined techniques

sonic test

ambient vibrations

earthquake damage.

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