Economic evaluation of design codes - Case of seismic design

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1400-1408

  Warszawski, A ^a   Gluck, J ^a   Segal, D ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; COST ACCOUNTING; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; OPTIMIZATION;

LIFE CYCLE BENEFIT; SEISMIC DESIGN CODES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ECONOMICS; SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 0030418303     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1996)122:12(1400)     Document Type: Review

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