In-plane seismic response of URM walls upgraded with FRP

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 524-535

  ElGawady, Mohamed A ^a,b   Lestuzzi, Pierino ^b   Badoux, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Dynamic tests; Masonry; Retrofitting; Seismic effects; Walls

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EARTHQUAKES; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; RETROFITTING; SEISMOLOGY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

DYNAMIC TESTS; MASONARY; SEISMIC EFFECTS;

MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 29144523951     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2005)9:6(524)     Document Type: Article

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