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guidelines on construction of earthquake resistant house

Answer 1

guidelines on construction of earthquake resistant house

• Seismic Design & earthquake resistant construction
•  The basis of seismic design is on the application of construction techniques, methods and criteria used for the design and construction of building structures exposed to earthquakes.
• The design of structure which blindly follows some seismic code regulation is not likely to assure the survivability from serious damage or collapse
• .  The poor seismic design  of  building structure  may lead to  collapse  or  destruction.
• In  accordance  to  building  codes,  building structures are designed in  such a way to prevent collapse and to with stand the earthquakes likely to  occur at the  location  of  construction.
• Seismic  design  provides  the  building  with  suitable  stiffness,  strength, configuration and ductility.
• The basic requirements of seismic design are depending on the structure type, the location of the structure and application of seismic design and criteria.
• Omori, F.  1900.  The stability of ground is also need before the starting the construction. Earthquake resistant construction  refers to the implementation of  the seismic design and building codes for assuring that the building structures survive through earthquakes.  
• There are two types of  destabilizing actions of  earthquake on the  building structures: direct (ground shaking, including both horizontal and vertical components) or indirect (landslides, rockslides and soil liquefaction due to  earthquake).
• About 30%  population  of  the  world  is  living  or  working  in  adobe  structures  or  earth-made construction
•  These structures use  bricks  made up of mud as basic  building  material.  
• These  structures  were  widely  used  in  the  earthquake  affected  area  of  Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and AJK.
• These building are very vulnerable to strong earthquakes, but there are some factors used to  improve the  seismic  performance of  these buildings:  quality  of  construction, seismic  reinforcement and box-type compact layout. Abbas, H. 2005.  Al,  V.E.  2005.  CAPRID.  2006.  
•  In  Timber frame structures, timber framing is used for complete skeletal framing. If  properly engineered it provides seismic survivability and some structural advantages. Gotz, Karl-Heinz et al. MCGraw-Hall. 1989.
• In the earthquake affected area, the timber is a common building material as there are a lot of forests in the area.
• In the earthquake affected area, there  were  some  concrete structures.  To avoid  serious  damage  or  collapse,  the  concrete frame  should have ductile  joints  and steel reinforcements bars should be  used  to  give strength to the structure.
• In  the  high mountainous  area  with difficult  terrain,  in  the construction  of  structures,  stones are  used  as  basic building material. To make these structures less vulnerable to earthquake, less and light stonework is suggested.
• (PDF) Construction of Earthquake Resistant Buildings and Infrastructure Implementing Seismic Design and Building Code in Northern Pakistan 2005 Earthquake Affected Area. Available from:

Answer 2

●The construction of house should be done in such way that it combat with the earth quake .

●the furniture should be attached to the wall