The Lonely Cone Recall campaign evaluation
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A PowerPoint presentation which evaluates and analyses the effectiveness of The Lonely Cone Recall campaign.
A PowerPoint presentation which evaluates and analyses the effectiveness of The Lonely Cone Recall campaign.
A document which outlines the communication strategy behind the Lonely Cone campaign.
A media release which outlines the outcomes of the campaign to reclaim Christchurch cones.
This poster presents preliminary results of ongoing experimental campaigns at the Universities of Auckland and Canterbury, aiming at investigating the seismic residual capacity of damaged reinforced concrete plastic hinges, as well as the effectiveness of epoxy injection techniques for restoring their stiffness, energy dissipation, and deformation capacity characteristics. This work is part of wider research project which started in 2012 at the University of Canterbury entitled “Residual Capacity and Repairing Options for Reinforced Concrete Buildings”, funded by the Natural Hazards Research Platform (NHRP). This research project aims at gaining a better understanding and providing the main end-users and stakeholders (practitioner engineers, owners, local and government authorities, insurers, and regulatory agencies) with comprehensive evidence-based information and practical guidelines to assess the residual capacity of damaged reinforced concrete buildings, as well as to evaluate the feasibility of repairing and thus support their delicate decision-making process of repair vs. demolition or replacement.