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KVPT’s Patan Darbar Earthquake Response Campaign - Work to Date - September 2016

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Taleju Agam North/Mul Cok<br />

North Wing Gallery - Plan drawing<br />

detailing the design of the diagonal<br />

cross bracing system, at the<br />

ceiling joist level above the gallery<br />

space of Mul Cok’s north wing.<br />

Matthias Beckh for KVPT, 2012<br />

Bot<strong>to</strong>m Left<br />

The east end of the Mul Cok North<br />

Wing Gallery level after the installation<br />

of steel angle cross bracing.<br />

Diagonal braces effectively tie the<br />

horizontal timber beams <strong>to</strong>gether,<br />

creating a much stiffer structure<br />

similar <strong>to</strong> a Warren truss.<br />

Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012<br />

Middle Right<br />

Mul Cok North Wing Gallery level<br />

roof cross bracing showing the connection<br />

of steel braces <strong>to</strong> original<br />

timber trusses by means of steel<br />

gusset plates and bolts.<br />

Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012<br />

Bot<strong>to</strong>m Right<br />

Layout of framing members for<br />

North Taleju <strong>to</strong>wer in Mul Cok<br />

courtyard (compare <strong>to</strong> plan drawing<br />

opposite).<br />

KVPT, 2015<br />

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