Seismic retrofitting of low strength unreinforced masonry non-engineered school buildings

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-22

  Bothara, J K ^a   Pandey, B ^b   Guragain, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Natl Soc of Earthquake Technology   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EARTHQUAKES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; REINFORCEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ECONOMIC AFFORDABILITY; SEISMIC DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; SEISMIC RETROFITTING; TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 2342605537     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.37.1.13-22     Document Type: Article

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