Development of a design methodology and dissemination materials for a simple and economic method for retrofitting adobe/masonry structures

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19760310
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Structural engineering/Earthquake engineering/Maintenance management engineering
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: MAYORCA Paola The University of Tokyo, 生産技術研究所, 特任助教 (10436579)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Keywords: 地震防災 / 耐震補強 / 組積建物 / 設計ツール / AEM / 実験

Research Abstract

The research project intends to produce tools to promote adobe/masonry house retrofitting by PP-band meshes. The outputs of the project are a design methodology to determine the most suitable mesh arrangement and the expected seismic performance and also a set of detailing recommendations to guarantee adequate mesh installation.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Proposal of a Methodology to Design PP-band Meshes to Retrofit Low Earthquake Resistant Houses (2007)
  • Author(s): Mayorca, P., Meguro, K.
  • Journal Title: Seisan Kenkyu Vol. 60 Pages: 124-127
• [Presentation] A step towards the formulation of a simple method to design PP-band mesh retrofitting for adobe/masonry houses (2008)
  • Author(s): Mayorca, P., Meguro, K.
  • Organizer: Proc. of 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing
  • Year and Date: 20080000
• [Presentation] Relation between strength reduction and ductility demand for PP-band mesh retrofitted houses (2008)
  • Author(s): Mayorca, P., Meguro, K.
  • Organizer: Proc. of the 7th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Megacities in Asia
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing
  • Year and Date: 20080000
• [Presentation] Outline of a method to design PP-band mesh retrofitting for existing low earthquake resistant masonry structures (2007)
  • Author(s): Mayorca, P., Meguro, K.
  • Organizer: Proc. of the 26th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Natural Disaster Science
  • Place of Presentation: Japan
  • Year and Date: 20070000
• [Presentation] Proposal of a Methodology to Design PP-band meshes to Retrofit Low Earthquake Resistant Houses (2007)
  • Author(s): Mayorca, P., Meguro, K.
  • Organizer: Proc. of the 6th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Megacities in Asia
  • Place of Presentation: Bangladesh
  • Year and Date: 20070000