Почему 400 летняя Пагода не рушится от землетрясений

In Japan no pagodas have ever suffered serious damage from earthquakes. Even in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, there were no reports of serious damage to wooden pagodas in Hyogo, Kyoto and Nara. The architectural style of the five-story pagoda was brought into Japan from India via China in the 6th century. In Japan no pagodas have ever suffered serious damage from earthquakes. Even in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, there were no reports of serious damage to wooden pagodas in Hyogo, Kyoto and Nara. This fact must be scientifically explained. Since the end of the Meiji era, many researches have studied the earthquake resistance of five-story pagodas. And several factors of earthquake resistance of them has been pointed out , such as friction damping and sliding effect of the wooden joints , base isolation effects , balancing toy effects of deep eaves , bolt fastening effect of the center column and so on. This paper attempts to evaluate and examine the earthquake behaviors of the ancient Japanese 5-story pagoda of Horyu-ji Temple through the response analyses. #news_for_kids #pagoda #english #earthquake #пагода #землетрясение