Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 01

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A photograph of the declination vernier from the Townsend Telescope. The left side of the vernier was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

NZi3 - Temporary HQ - Photograph 12

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University of Canterbury IT staff members Malcolm Smeaton and Deborah Pearson in their temporary office in the NZi3 building. The photographer comments, "University of Canterbury administration all fits into one building! Well, sort of. Malcolm and Deborah dealing with business".

LINKING BUILDING PROPERTIES TO EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED DAMAGE AND BUSINESS DOWN…

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

The 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence, and the resulting extensive data sets on damaged buildings that have been collected, provide a unique opportunity to exercise and evaluate previously published seismic performance assessment procedures. This poster provides an overview of the authors’ methodology to perform evaluations with two such assessment procedures, namely the P-58 guidelines and the REDi Rating System. P-58, produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the United States, aims to facilitate risk assessment and decision-making by quantifying earthquake ground shaking, structural demands, component damage and resulting consequences in a logical framework. The REDi framework, developed by the engineering firm ARUP, aids stakeholders in implementing resilience-based earthquake design. Preliminary results from the evaluations are presented. These have the potential to provide insights on the ability of the assessment procedures to predict impacts using “real-world” data. However, further work remains to critically analyse these results and to broaden the scope of buildings studied and of impacts predicted.

Christchurch Natural Disaster Response and Recovery presentation

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A pdf copy of a PowerPoint presentation made for the Water Services Association of Australia conference, about SCIRT's approach to asset investigation after the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.

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A photograph of two clock gears from the Townsend Telescope.

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A photograph of an eyepiece clamp from the Townsend Telescope.

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A photograph of the governor control from the Townsend Telescope.

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A photograph of two clock gears from the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 51

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A photograph of the damage to the teeth of a gear from the worm gear drive of the Townsend Telescope. The gear was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 11

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A photograph of the earthquake-damaged output shaft from the top-plate of the Townsend Telescope's clock drive. The output shaft was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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A photograph of the damage to the teeth of a gear from the worm gear drive of the Townsend Telescope. The gear was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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A photograph of the hour angle setting circle from the Townsend Telescope. The left side of the support arm was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 38

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A photograph of a balance weight on the side of the lower end of the main tube from the Townsend Telescope. The weight and tube were damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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A photograph of a balance weight on the side of the lower end of the main tube from the Townsend Telescope. The weight and tube were damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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A photograph of the slow motion assembly on the lower end of the main tube from the Townsend Telescope. The tube was crushed and bent during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 23

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A photograph of a friction collar from the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 07

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A photograph of the clock pulley from the Townsend Telescope.

Pleasant Point Yacht Club

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Badly damaged in both the September and February quakes and over 6000 aftershocks the Point Pleasant yacht club had started to sink into the Avon estuary before being demolished in July 2011 after the June 6.3 earthquake

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 17

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A photograph of the scale viewer eyepiece from the Townsend Telescope.

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A photograph of a slow motion gear from the Townsend Telescope.

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A photograph of a governor friction plate from the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 08

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A photograph of a slow motion rod from the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 09

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A photograph of a slow motion rod from the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 06

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A photograph of a slow motion rod from the Townsend Telescope.

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A photograph of the right ascension spur gear from the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 04

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A photograph of a collimating ring from the Townsend Telescope.

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A photograph of a collimating ring from the Townsend Telescope.

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A photograph of the worm gear drive from the Townsend Telescope

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 05

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A photograph of the right ascension clamp from the Townsend Telescope.

NZi3 - Temporary HQ - Photograph 10

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University of Canterbury IT staff in their temporary office in the NZi3 building. The photographer comments, "University of Canterbury administration all fits into one building! Well, sort of. IT staff discuss system issues - or biscuits. Deborah Pearson, Sean Lowry, Malcolm Smeaton".