ABSTRACT
This chapter describes seismic and wind performance of the heritage structure affected by a large earthquake and a strong typhoon, and aims to simulate the response of the structure to the strong ground motions by using 3-demensional frame model. It explains the dynamic performance of the historical timber pagoda, in Hokkekyoi-ji Temple, affected by the devastating earthquake and the disastrous typhoon that caused the larger structural displacement after SACH2010. The chapter shows the dynamic performance of the pagoda affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. It presents the displacement response of the pagoda induced by a strong wind of which velocity was 22 m/s when the typhoon of Jelawat passed near this area in 2012. The timber pagodas had sometimes suffered the damage at the joint of the central column and the surrounding frame. Earthquake and wind monitoring of the traditional timber five-storied pagoda in Hokkekyou-ji Temple has been successfully conducted.
