On the collapse of a masonry tower subjected to earthquake loadings

Advances in Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 141-155

  Salvatore, W ^a   Bennati, S ^a   Della Maggiora, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BELLS; BRITTLENESS; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TOWERS;

BELL TOWERS; EARTHQUAKE LOADINGS; MASONRY TOWERS; MULTI-MODAL ANALYSIS;

MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 2942682903     PISSN: 1361617X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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