Fracture of steel during an earthquake - State-of-the-art in Japan

Engineering Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 310-322

  Kuwamura, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Earthquake resistance; Structural steel

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BUILDINGS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL STRUCTURES;

DUCTILE CRACK; PLASTIC STRAIN; STEEL BUILDING;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK; EARTHQUAKE; FRACTURE; STEEL;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FRACTURING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STEEL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032055046     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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