A model to estimate the virgin and ultimate effective stiffnesses from the response of a damaged structure to a single earthquake

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1095-1108

  Benedetti, D ^a   Limongelli, M P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Damage indices; Effective stiffness; Identification

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DAMAGE INDICES; EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS; SHAKING TABLE TESTS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; MASONRY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STIFFNESS;

EID: 0030268538     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199610)25:10<1095::AID-EQE603>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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