Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/9412
Title: Emerging technologies and materials for the seismic protection of cultural heritage
Authors: Chrysostomou, Christis 
Kyriakides, Nicholas 
Roussis, Panayiotis C. 
Asteris, Panagiotis G. 
Major Field of Science: Engineering and Technology
Field Category: Civil Engineering
Keywords: Seismic retrofitting;Seismic-protection;Energy-dissipation devices
Issue Date: 13-Jul-2015
Source: Handbook of Research on Seismic Assessment and Rehabilitation of Historic Structures, 2015, pp. 576-606
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8286-3.ch019
Abstract: Cultural heritage artifacts and buildings are under a constant thread of destruction during devastating earthquakes. Any intervention should be such that it neither violates their form nor changes drastically their structural behavior and should be reversible. In addition, the materials to be used must be compatible with the ones the monument is constructed of. Traditional seismic retrofitting techniques have the disadvantage that most of them violate the above conditions. An alternative approach is the use of innovative seismic-protection systems to enhance the seismic resilience of cultural heritage against the effects of earthquakes, which is reported in this chapter. The potential of seismic-isolation strategy to mitigate the seismic risk of museum artifacts will be first exploited. Subsequently, the state of the art of the use of energy-dissipation devices, such as viscous dampers and shape memory alloys, as well as innovative materials such as FRPs, for the protection of monuments and historic structures will be presented.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/9412
ISBN: 978-146668286-3
Rights: © IGI Global
Type: Book Chapter
Affiliation : Cyprus University of Technology 
University of Cyprus 
School of Pedagogical and Technological Education 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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