Abstract
Groningen, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands, suffers from earthquakes because of gas drilling. The residential building stock in Groningen was not designed for these loads. Over the years a lot of smaller and larger damage has developed, possibly - but not necessarily - caused by the effects of gas drilling. Delft University of Technology was asked by the Dutch government to come up with a method to reliably assess the cause of damage of masonry structures in Groningen. This paper discusses the developed approach for reliably assessing the causes of failure of masonry structures in earthquake-prone areas and the way innovative monitoring techniques were applied.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | IABSE Symposium, Nantes 2018 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Tomorrow's Megastructures |
| Publisher | International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) |
| Pages | S23-39 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Volume | 112 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783857481611 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-5108-7385-8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | 40th IABSE Symposium in Nantes 2018: Tomorrow's Megastructures - Nantes, France Duration: 19 Sept 2018 → 21 Sept 2018 |
Conference
| Conference | 40th IABSE Symposium in Nantes 2018: Tomorrow's Megastructures |
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| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Nantes |
| Period | 19/09/18 → 21/09/18 |
Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Keywords
- Cracks
- Damage investigations
- Forensic engineering
- Masonry structures
- Monitoring techniques