The impact of the 26 December 2004 earthquake and tsunami on structures and infrastructure

Engineering Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-326

  Ghobarah, Ahmed ^a   Saatcioglu, Murat ^b   Nistor, Ioan ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Bridges; Damage; Earthquake; Infrastructure; Reconnaissance; Reinforced concrete; Tsunami; Unreinforced masonry; Wood frame

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; BUILDINGS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TSUNAMIS; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; GROUND MOTION; INFRASTRUCTURE; TSUMANI EFFECTS; UNREINFORCED MASONRY; WOOD FRAME;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TSUNAMI;

EID: 28444473807     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.09.028     Document Type: Article

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