traditional earthquake resistant construction in kashmir the TIMBER LACED MASONRY POST BY - https://facebook/nupur.agarwal.5832 “In Kashmir, the traditional timber-brick masonry [dhajji-dewari] construction consists of burnt clay bricks filled in a framework of timber to create a patchwork of masonry confined in small panels by the surrounding timber elements. The resulting masonry is quite different from typical brick masonry since it has a proven ability to resist earthquake load resulting with no or very little damage. This is due to the fact that timber studs resist progressive destruction of the wall and prevent propagation of diagonal shear cracks and out of plane failure.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:16:02 +0000
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