Time-history analysis of URM walls in out-of-plane flexure

Engineering Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 743-754

  Lam, N T K ^a   Griffith, M ^b   Wilson, J ^a   Doherty, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Out of plane flexure; Seismic; Time history analysis; Unreinforced masonry; Walls

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; SEISMOLOGY;

TIME-HISTORY ANALYSIS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EARTHQUAKE; FLEXURE; MASONRY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TIME SERIES; WALL;

EID: 0037402684     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(02)00218-3     Document Type: Article

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