Shake table tests on the out-of-plane response of unreinforced masonry walls

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1381-1392

  Meisl, C S ^a   Elwood, K J ^b   Ventura, C E ^b  

^a Westmar Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASCE SEI 41; Collapse; Earthquakes; Out of plane response; Rocking; Shake table test; Unreinforced masonry walls

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CRACKS; DIAPHRAGMS; EARTHQUAKES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SHAKE TABLE TEST; UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS;

MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CRACKS; DIAPHRAGMS; EARTHQUAKES; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COLLAPSE; CRACKING; DIAPHRAGM WALL; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; MASONRY; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAKING TABLE TEST;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 36849024753     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L07-059     Document Type: Article

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