The critical angle of seismic incidence and the maximum structural response

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 881-894

  López, Oscar A ^a,b   Torres, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Urb Santa Paula   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Building codes; Critical angle; Critical directions; Earthquake direction; Maximum structural response; Seismic components

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMIC WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

CRITICAL SEISMIC INCIDENCE ANGLE; MAXIMUM STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

CRITICAL ANGLE; EARTHQUAKE DIRECTION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC INCIDENCE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0031236420     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199709)26:9<881::AID-EQE674>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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