Exploration into the Anti-Seismic Technologies in the Museum

Abstract

The overall seismic isolation structure is adopted for Yunnan Provincial Museum. The paper explores anti-seismic technologies for both museum buildings and collections, offers seismic protection analysis and design for precious museum collections by taking into account seismic waves, buildings, exhibition facilities and collections as a whole. Based on the demand for protecting museum collections from earthquakes, the paper discusses proper anti-seismic technologies for the museum structure, exhibition facilities, showcases and collections; it offers the dynamic time-history analysis of seismic isolation structure in rare earthquakes, and gives anti-seismic analysis and design for collections based on the acceleration response of the floor on different levels. Conclusions: The seismic protection for museum collections shall take into consideration seismic transmission from the venue and structure to exhibition facilities, showcases and collections. Under seismic actions, the acceleration response of the floor of exhibition halls on different levels of the museum varies greatly, the seismic response of showcases reinforced with anti-seismic measures decreases significantly, which ensures the safety of museum collections in earthquakes. The paper focuses on the anti-seismic technical route, technical measures, assessment results and implementation suggestions, offering reference for the construction of new museums and the seismic preventive conservation of collections.