Assessing the Vibrational Frequencies of the Holweide Hospital in the City of Cologne (Germany) by Means of Ambient Seismic Noise Analysis and FE modelling

Natural Hazards

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-230

  Parolai, Stefano ^a   Fäcke, Andreas ^b   Richwalski, Sandra M ^a   Stempniwski, Lothar ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expansion joints; FE modelling; H V spectral ratio; R C building; Resonance frequency; Seismic noise

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; COLOGNE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; WORLD;

EID: 14244264055     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-004-0686-z     Document Type: Article

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