An analytical response of church bells to earthquake excitation

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-92

  Blakeborough, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Church bells; Earthquake response; Modified Mercalli scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035530113     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246901000273     Document Type: Article

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