Evaluation of out-of-plane stability of unreinforced masonry walls subjected to seismic excitation

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue SPEC. 1, 2003, Pages 141-169

  Griffith, Michael C ^a   Magenes, Guido ^b   Melis, Giammichele ^b   Picchi, Luigino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Out of plane; Seismic assessment; Simplified methods; Unreinforced masonry

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SEISMIC EXCITATION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 0038676374     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246903000997     Document Type: Article

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