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SUMMARY:Post seismic assessment of some buildings in Nepal
DTSTART:20150831T171500
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Pia Hannewald\, Résonance Ingénieurs Conseils SA\, Caroug
 e\, Switzerland\nThe epicentre of the first was about 80 km North-West of 
 the capital Kathmandu\, the second (aftershock) was about 86 km East (sour
 ce EMSC). Right after the 12 May earthquake\, the International Committee 
 of the Red Cross ICRC sent a team of two engineers to perform a post seism
 ic assessment of some buildings\, with the aim to evaluate the habitabilit
 y and give recommendations for immediate measures. Buildings were located 
 in between Kathmandu and Besisahar\, about 200km West of Kathmandu\, i.e. 
 in the region between Kathmandu and the epicentre of the first earthquake.
  The talk will give a brief overview over the types of construction in Nep
 al\, the types of buildings that were examined and their typical shortcomi
 ngs in terms of construction and detailing as well as the observed damages
 .\nBio :\nAfter having finished the studies and worked in Germany\, Pia Ha
 nnewald came to Switzerland to start a PhD that she finished at EESD\, EPF
 L in 2013. During her PhD she studied the cyclic inelastic behaviour of RC
  bridge piers with detailing deficiencies. Since then\, she has been worki
 ng for Résonance Ingénieurs Conseils SA\, mainly in the field of seismic
  assessment of existing masonry and concrete buildings.
LOCATION:GC C3 30 http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=fr&room=GCC330
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