Base-isolation design practice in Japan: Introduction to the post-kobe approach

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-171

  Pan, Peng ^a   Zamfirescu, Dan ^b   Nakashima, Masayoshi ^a   Nakayasu, Nariaki ^a   Kashiwa, Hisatoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

Construction statistics; Dampers; Design procedure; Isolators; Peer review

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BASE-ISOLATION; CONSTRUCTION STATISTICS; DAMPERS; DESIGN PROCEDURES; ISOLATORS; PEER-REVIEW;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 11144270997     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246905001943     Document Type: Review

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