Abstract
Chinese ancient stone archways are in flat structure. And joints of their members are of half tenons and mortises. Under the influence of the earthquake, the resisting ability of archway’s uneven sides is relatively poor and the relevant members have little reliable joints. This paper is to analyze seismic strengthening feasibility of Tiantai mountain stone archway which is damaged from the earthquake and to research on the aspects of the loading mode, structure layout and soundness. On the premise of guaranteeing the authenticity and beauty, we use earthquake damaging mechanism of stone archways and the modern anti-seismic structure designing theory and modern building materials. We also follow the way of the modern construction technology and ancient construction and strengthen the anti-seismic way of the resisting ability of Tiantai mountain stone archway’s uneven sides and joints of tenons and mortises. The best anti-seismic strengthening schemes are put forward as well.
Highlights
Archway is a kind of open-type landmark composed by single or multiple rows of pillars and lateral frontal squares in traditional Chinese architecture
Sitting west to the east, Tiantai mountain stone archway is a part of Yongle Temple
On May 12th, when the Wenchuan earthquake occurred, its body was broken and anti-seismic enforcement was not placed on the agenda though the main body was once repaired emergently
Summary
Archway is a kind of open-type landmark composed by single or multiple rows of pillars and lateral frontal squares in traditional Chinese architecture. Sitting west to the east, Tiantai mountain stone archway is a part of Yongle Temple. It belongs to Preserving Artifacts since it has been built for hundreds of years. Because of its long history and some historical reasons, its main body has suffered natural and human influence so that some damages which threat its safety are discovered. On May 12th, when the Wenchuan earthquake occurred, its body was broken and anti-seismic enforcement was not placed on the agenda though the main body was once repaired emergently. The main body was severely damaged during Lushan earthquake on April 20th in 2013 and emergent repair was necessary
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