Masonry Construction in Active Seismic Regions

Professor Rajesh Rupakhety is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty, and Director of Research at the Earthquake Engineering Research Centre at the University of Iceland. He obtained his PhD from the University of Iceland, in earthquake engineering. He has a wide variety of research interests, mainly in solid and fluid mechanics, and in engineering seismology. He is very active in the field, and has worked on seismic design provisions for hydropower and wind plants in Iceland. He has published widely on construction and seismology. Dipendra Gautam is a researcher in structural earthquake engineering. He has published more than 30 papers and refereed book chapters in top-tier journals and edited volumes. He works in the range of structural earthquake engineering including structural dynamics, seismic vulnerability and reliability analysis, sustainable structural engineering, vernacular seismic resistant construction technologies, risk assessment, among others. He has experience in working after 2011 Eastern Nepal earthquake, 2015 Gorkha earthquake sequence, and 2016 Central Italy earthquake sequence.

• 1. Testing and experimental simulation of seismic behavior for modeling and seismic resistance verification of masonry buildingsMiha Tomazevic2. Seismic vulnerability of Himalayan stone masonry: Regional perspectivesDipendra Gautam, Rajesh Rupakhety, Rabindra Adhikari,Binay Charan Shrestha, Rewati Baruwal, and Lalit Bhatt3. Traditional timber-laced masonry construction in Turkey known as himis¸Polat G€ulkan and Randolph Langenbach4. Traditional earth construction in Latin America: A review on the construction systems and reinforcement strategiesPilar Baquedano, Rafael Ramı´rez Eudave, Fabiana N. Miranda, Sandra Graus, and Tiago Miguel Ferreira5. Nondestructive testing, assessment, and strengthening for reducing the seismic vulnerability of masonry structuresTiago Miguel Ferreira, Nuno Mendes, Rui Silva, and Paulo B. Lourenco6. Geometrical, constructive, and mechanical characterization of the traditional masonry buildings in the historic city center of Leiria, PortugalTiago Miguel Ferreira, Javier Ortega, and Hugo Rodrigues7. The Borbone’s antiseismic system: Historical, constructive,and structural analysisS. Galassi, E. Pagano, N. Ruggieri, G. Salerno, and G. Tempesta8. Seismic vulnerability of historical constructions in Northern Southeast Asia (Indochina): Lessons learnt from recent earthquakesTeraphan Ornthammarath, Saw Htwe Zaw, Nakhorn Poovarodom, and Yin Myo Min Htwe9. Structural characteristics of Nepalese pagoda templesManjip Shakya and Jeevan Gwachha10. From Tship Chim to Pa Chim: Seismic vulnerability and strengthening of Bhutanese vernacular buildingsNimesh Chettri, Dipendra Gautam, and Rajesh Rupakhety11. Local out-of-plane failure modes in traditional block-masonry buildingsClaudia Casapulla12. Mexican colonial churches: structural assessment and seismic behaviorFernando Pena, Marcos M. Chavez, and Natalia Garcıa13. Features and seismic response of large masonry structures:A case study of Singh Durbar main building, NepalRishi Ram Parajuli14. An engineering view on the traditional timber frames with infills in RomaniaAndreea Duțu15. Dynamic characteristics of Inca’s stone masonryCarlos Cuadra