To retrofit or not to retrofit?

Engineering Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 701-711

  Nuti, Camillo ^a   Vanzi, Ivo ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost minimization; Optimization; Safety; Seismic retrofitting; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

SEISMIC RETROFITTING;

RETROFITTING;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; SAFETY; SEISMIC DESIGN; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0037402333     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(02)00190-6     Document Type: Article

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