Seismic analysis of towers including foundation uplift

Engineering Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-278

  Xu, Chaojin ^a   Spyrakos, C C ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Foundation uplift; Seismic analysis; Towers

Indexed keywords

FOUNDATION UPLIFT; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; SOIL/STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TOWER; UPLIFT;

EID: 0029753726     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-0296(95)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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