Traffic-induced building vibrations in Montréal

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 736-753

  Hunaidi, Osama ^a   Tremblay, Martin ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Lab de la Ville de Montréal ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Building damage; Buildings; Human annoyance; Road traffic; Site response; Vibrations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000491878     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l97-023     Document Type: Article

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