Experimental verification of basic analytical assumptions used in the analysis of structural wall buildings

Engineering Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 657-669

  Boroschek, Rubén L ^a   Yáñez, Fernando V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ambient vibration; Earthquake response; Reinforced concrete walls; Seismic records; Shear walls; Strong motion

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BUILDINGS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MODEL BUILDINGS; SHEAR WALLS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0033892360     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(99)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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