Some lessons learned from post-earthquake damage survey of structures in Bam, Iran earthquake of 2003

Structural Survey

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-192

  Mehrabian, Ali ^a   Haldar, Achintya ^b  

^a West Coast Research Institute   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildings; Earthquakes; Seismic loading; Structural engineering

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT DESIGN; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; SEISMIC LOADINGS; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; UNREINFORCED MASONRY;

BUILDINGS; SEISMIC DESIGN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SURVEYS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 23444433613     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800510610116     Document Type: Article

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