SEISMIC STUDY OF MODHERA SUN TEMPLE

Rudra Upadhyay, Sandip Kapadiya, Vasudeo Chaudhari

Abstract: Monuments have been created for thousands of years, and they are often the most durable and famous symbols of ancient civilizations. They have witnessed many earthquakes with ominously less damage. The purpose of this project is to analyze the static and dynamic properties of ancient Indian monuments. For that purpose Modhera Sun Temple, Gujarat has been taken as the Monument. The 3D modelling and analysis is done by using Sap2000V.15 software. Seismic Co-efficient analysis, modal analysis and Time History analysis is performed on the model.

Keywords: Modhera Sun Temple, Monument, Time History, El Centro, Modal Analysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0304086