Fragility functions for modern reinforced-concrete beam-column joints

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-289

  Brown, Peter C ^a   Lowes, Laura N ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DYNAMIC LOADS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EARTHQUAKE LOADING; FRAGILITY FUNCTIONS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COLUMN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAMAGE MECHANICS; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOADING; PROBABILITY; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 34250734603     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2723150     Document Type: Article

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