From brittle to ductile: 75 Years of seismic design in New Zealand

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 158-169

  Megget, Leslie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BUILDINGS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS; SEISMIC DESIGN TECHNIQUES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33750590258     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.39.3.158-169     Document Type: Review

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