Lessons from damage to steel buildings during the Northridge earthquake

Engineering Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 261-270

  Mahin, Stephen A ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDS;

STEEL BUILDING; WELDED STEEL MOMENT RESISTING FRAME;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STEEL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032055431     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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