Earthquake protection of chattels and light office equipment
Author: A W Charleson, School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington
Paper number: 1304 (EQC 1989/-)
Abstract
The scope of this study is the mitigation of earthquake damage to the contents (chattels) of homes and offices. A wide range of research approaches have been used. They include literature surveys, experimental work, design, field work and subsequent analysis. Each facet of the study will be reported on.
The aim of the study has been to develop practical and inexpensive techniques that can be widely used in the community to reduce losses in future earthquakes.
Order a research paper
Many of these research papers have PDF downloads available on the site.
If you'd like to access a paper that doesn't have a download, get in touch to ask for a copy.