A multilevel approach to the capacity assessment of existing RC buildings

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Cosenza, Edoardo ^a   Manfredi, Gaetano ^a   Polese, Maria ^a   Verderame, Gerardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacity curves; Existing buildings; Montecarlo simulation; RC frame; Response surface method; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY CURVES; RC FRAMES; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODS; VILNERABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEISMOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 11144270998     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246905001931     Document Type: Article

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