Patterns of Earthquake Damage to Korean Stone Pagoda and Seismic Hazard Mitigation Techniques

Abstract

This study is for the seismic hazard mitigation performance of the repair techniques applied to the three story stone pagoda in the Bulguksa Temple. This pagoda had been repaired before the earthquake in September 2016. Unlike other stone pagodas, there was no damage from the earthquake in the stone pagodas. We tested the repair techniques applied to the stone pagodas. As a result of the test, we confirmed that some structural and material techniques applied to the repair reduced the damage of the earthquake.