Experimental and numerical investigation of the sliding response for drums located at columns of ancient Greek temples

  • Manos G
  • Demosthenous M
  • Tsakmakides E
  • et al.
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Abstract

The resistance to sliding offered by the contact interface between the drums that form the columns of ancient temples is the main mechanism mobilized in order to transfer horizontal actions from earthquakes and wind forces to the foundation. Usually, a positive connection exists between these drums at their contact surface, consisting of wooden or metal parts at the central drum area (poles, empolia). The role of this connection in transferring horizontal forces and its influence on seismic behavior is a point long debated by the research community. Cyclic experiments were performed in order to study this sliding behavior at the interface between two drums and to describe it through diagrams of horizontal sliding displacement versus horizontal load, with or without the presence in between of poles and empolia. Numerical finite element simulations of this shear transfer mechanism were also performed utilizing two commercial finite element software packages.

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Manos, G. C., Demosthenous, M., Tsakmakides, E., & Kourtides, V. (2009). Experimental and numerical investigation of the sliding response for drums located at columns of ancient Greek temples. In F. M. Mazzolani (Ed.), Protection of historical buildings: PROHITECH 09: proceedings of the International Conference on Protection of Historical Buildings, PROHITECH 09, Rome, Italy, 21-24 June 2009 (pp. 1641–1646). Boca Raton: CRC Press, Inc.

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