Accidental torsion due to overturning in nominally symmetric structures isolated with the FPS

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 919-948

  Almazán, José L ^a   De la Llera, Juan C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; STIFFNESS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

FRICTIONAL ISOLATORS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE; FRICTION; GROUND MOTION; OVERTURN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TORSION;

EID: 0038741928     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.255     Document Type: Article

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