Some retrofit options for the seismic upgrading of old low-rise school buildings in Mexico

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 883-902

  Tena Colunga, Arturo ^a  

^a Carretera al Ajusco 203   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STEEL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

BRACES (FOR LIMBS AND JOINTS); COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EFFICIENCY; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MODERNIZATION;

SEISMIC RETROFIT;

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

EID: 0030286874     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1585915     Document Type: Article

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