The rocking spectrum and the limitations of practical design methodologies

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-289

  Makris, Nicos ^a   Konstantinidis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake engineering; Rocking; Seismic response; Uplift

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); ROCKS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

ROCKING SPECTRUM;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; UPLIFT;

EID: 0037318949     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.223     Document Type: Article

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