Transcript of Dennis Christensen's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Jenny Garing's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A pdf transcript of Sara Green's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Kay Flaus's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Melissa's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Diane L Hyde's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Eva Cox's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Photos taken in Richmond on March 25 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-03-25-Richmond-After-The-Earthquake-IMG_0394 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
A pdf transcript of Rosie Belton's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Laura Moir. Transcriber: Josie Hepburn.
A pdf transcript of Chris's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Joshua Black. Transcriber: Caleb Middendorf.
The connections between walls of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings and flexible timber diaphragms are critical building components that must perform adequately before desirable earthquake response of URM buildings may be achieved. Field observations made during the initial reconnaissance and the subsequent damage surveys of clay brick URM buildings following the 2010/2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquakes revealed numerous cases where anchor connections joining masonry walls or parapets with roof or floor diaphragms appeared to have failed prematurely. These observations were more frequent for adhesive anchor connections than for through-bolt connections (i.e., anchorages having plates on the exterior facade of the masonry walls). Subsequently, an in-field test program was undertaken in an attempt to evaluate the performance of adhesive anchor connections between unreinforced clay brick URM walls and roof or floor diaphragm. The study consisted of a total of almost 400 anchor tests conducted in eleven existing URM buildings located in Christchurch, Whanganui and Auckland. Specific objectives of the study included the identification of failure modes of adhesive anchors in existing URM walls and the influence of the following variables on anchor load-displacement response: adhesive type, strength of the masonry materials (brick and mortar), anchor embedment depth, anchor rod diameter, overburden level, anchor rod type, quality of installation, and the use of metal mesh sleeves. In addition, the comparative performance of bent anchors (installed at an angle of minimum 22.5° to the perpendicular projection from the wall surface) and anchors positioned horizontally was investigated. Observations on the performance of wall-to-diaphragm connections in the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes, a summary of the performed experimental program and test results, and a proposed pull-out capacity relationship for adhesive anchors installed into multi-leaf clay brick masonry are presented herein. AM - Accepted Manuscript
A story submitted by Debbie Brown-Smith to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by John to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Suzanne Carter to the QuakeStories website.
Transcript of Lynne Gibbons's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Kate Lambert's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of George LJ Williams's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Dorothy Kitchingman's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Wendy Papps's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Wendy Luke's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Peter Knight's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Danny's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of participant number UC604YW's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Debbie-Lee Osborne's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Alvin's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Patricia Allan's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Hugh's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Faga Faavae's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Mari-Ann Williams's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.