Damage Assessment and Modeling of the Five-Tiered Pagoda-Style Nyatapola Temple

Autor: Linh Abdulrahman, Manjip Shakya, Rajendra Soti, Andre R. Barbosa, Michael J. Olsen, Richard L. Wood, Mohammad Ebrahim Mohammadi, Chandra Kiran Kawan
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Earthquake Spectra. 33:377-384
ISSN: 1944-8201
8755-2930
Popis: This paper presents a novel methodology to combine ambient vibration-based operation modal analysis with three-dimensional ground-based lidar data to study damage on the Nyatapola Temple, which is a Bhaktapur UNESCO World Heritage Site that was damaged during the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake. The post-earthquake ambient vibration data, collected via accelerometers placed on various levels of the temple, are used to estimate the vibrational properties via operational modal analysis. These properties are then compared to the pre-earthquake dynamic characteristics collected in 2002. The lidar data provide a geometric assessment of the current condition of the temple, capturing post-earthquake drift as a function of height as well as significant cracks present in the facade. The lidar data also inform the numerical models implemented for the post-earthquake condition assessment of the temple.
Databáze: OpenAIRE