Protection of cultural heritage from earthquakes : The NIKER project and the related research at UMinho

The European Commission has recently funded a major research project (NIKER) which aimed at developing an integrated methodology for the systemic improvement of the seismic behaviour of cultural heritage assets. This paper provides an overview of the project and presents the most relevant contributi...

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Main Author: Oliveira, Daniel V. (author)
Other Authors: Lourenço, Paulo B. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Cultural heritage
Earthquakes
Experiments
Numerical modelling
Masonry
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Civil
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/32763
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/32763
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Summary:The European Commission has recently funded a major research project (NIKER) which aimed at developing an integrated methodology for the systemic improvement of the seismic behaviour of cultural heritage assets. This paper provides an overview of the project and presents the most relevant contributions from University of Minho as partner of the project

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