Introduction

India is the country with great architectural legacy. It is dotted with many world famous monuments like the Taj Mahal and Qutb Minar in the north and famous historical temples in the south. Though ensuring the earthquake resistance of general structures is utmost important from life safety point of view, it is also important to ensure safety of historical constructions from heritage point of view. Numerical approach using continuum and discrete models is taken for understanding the behaviour of these structure.

Some ongoing projects in this area are:

What level of ground motion can shake India Gate

Stability of Qutb minar under earthquake shaking

Vulnerability of historical constructions of Andhra Pradesh

Stability monolithic statues