Performance improvement studies of masonry houses using elastic post-tensioning straps

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 683-705

  Turer, Ahmet ^a   Korkmaz, Serra Zerrin ^b   Korkmaz, Hasan Husnu ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Masonry; Rubber; Seismic; Strengthening

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; SEISMIC DESIGN; TENSILE STRESS;

ELASTIC POST-TENSIONING STRAPS; SHAKING TABLE;

HOUSES;

BENDING; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; ELASTICITY; MASONRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROOF; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 34247570979     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.649     Document Type: Article

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