Learning from Local Wisdom: Friction Damper in Traditional Building

Indonesia is situated in the so called “Ring of Fire” where earthquake are very frequent. Despite of all the engineering effort, due to the March 28, 2005 strong earthquake (8.7 on Richter scale) a lot of modern buildings in Nias collapsed, while the traditional Northern Nias house (omohada) survive...

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Main Authors: Pudjisuryadi P., Lumantarna B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Petra Christian University 2012-01-01
Series:Civil Engineering Dimension
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Online Access:http://puslit2.petra.ac.id/ejournal/index.php/civ/article/view/18530