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Density of main materials.

Density of main materials.

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The dynamic behavior is an important index to evaluate the seismic property and damage of ancient pagodas. Combining with the research of protection technology on Huqiu pagoda, this paper discusses the key points, schemes, and measures of improving test efficiency for applied ambient random excitation technology to determine the dynamic behavior of...

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... mass of an ancient pagoda can be obtained from the measurement of the geometrical dimensions and material density of each component. The density of main materials in masonry pagodas is list in Table 1. ...

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