Title
Shaking table test on seismic response properties of "Shicras," stones wrapped in vegetable fiber bags
Date Issued
01 January 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Fukuyama H.
Fujisawa M.
Abe A.
Kabeyasawa T.
Shirane Z.
Saito T.
Publisher(s)
Fuji Technology Press
Abstract
Unique foundations consisting of stones wrapped in vegetable fiber bags called shicra ("woven") have been found in many Pacific coast ruins constructed about 5,000 years ago as shrines in Peru. A shaking table test was conducted to investigate earthquake response properties of these shicra foundations. Results showed that in base isolation performance, shicra foundations "rolled" during earthquake vibration the same as in the case of roller base isolation systems.
Start page
526
End page
533
Volume
8
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería civil
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84878433060
Source
Journal of Disaster Research
ISSN of the container
18812473
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus