Experimental study of isolated building under triaxial ground excitations

Journal of structural engineering New York, N.Y.

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 879-886

  Hwang, Jenn Shin ^a   Hsu, Ting Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TORSION TESTING; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ISOLATED BUILDING; LATERAL FORCE DISTRIBUTION; SHAKING TABLE TESTS; SUPERSTRUCTURE; TRIAXIAL GROUND EXCITATIONS; VERTICAL GROUND ACCELERATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034247827     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2000)126:8(879)     Document Type: Article

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