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Design of Coastal Revetments, Seawalls and Bulkheads - Army Corps of Engineers (1995)
Design of Coastal Revetments, Seawalls and Bulkheads - Army Corps of Engineers (1995)
1) Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
rajesh.dhakal@canterbury.ac.nz, gregory.macrae@canterbury.ac.nz
Abstract: Damage to ceiling systems resulted in a substantial financial loss to building owners in the Canterbury
earthquakes. In some buildings, collapse of ceilings could easily have resulted in severe injury to occupants. This paper
summarizes the types of ceiling damage observed in the Canterbury earthquakes, and draws useful lessons from the
observed performance of different types of ceiling systems. Existing ceiling manufacturing and installing
practices/regulations in New Zealand are critically scrutinized to identify deficiencies, and measures are suggested to
improve the practice so that the damage to ceilings and the resulting loss are minimized in future earthquakes.