Acoustic emission monitoring of medieval towers considered as sensitive earthquake receptors

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-261

  Carpinteri, A ^a   Lacidogna, G ^a   Niccolini, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EARTHQUAKE; MASONRY; MONITORING; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

ALBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34047215434     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-7-251-2007     Document Type: Article

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