United States building code approach to variations in regional seismicity

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-55

  Kircher, Charles A ^a  

^a Kircher and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

REGIONAL SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033906015     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.33.1.48-55     Document Type: Article

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