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The Effect Of Classical Order On The Seismic Behavior Of Ancient Masonry Columns, Cody M. Buckley
The Effect Of Classical Order On The Seismic Behavior Of Ancient Masonry Columns, Cody M. Buckley
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Dissertations, Thesis, and Student Research
The design and erection of columns in classical Greece and Rome was a deceptively complicated task. Ancient engineers were not guided by a set of building codes, resulting in several regional design variations. The writer Vitruvius condensed these variations into three archetypes or “orders” defined by proportions based on an arbitrary “module”.
The goal of this thesis is to better understand the effect of these proportions on the seismic response of ancient columns through the use of Equivalent Lateral Force Procedure and finite element analysis software. To this end, a parametric study of linearly elastic, free-standing columns with homogeneous material …