Assessment of ASCE 41 height-to-thickness ratio limits for URM walls

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 893-908

  Sharif, Iman ^a   Meisl, Christopher S ^b   Elwood, Kenneth J ^c  

^a Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd   (Canada)

^b Westmar Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHORAGES (FOUNDATIONS); CRACKS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MASONRY MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

GROUND MOTIONS; HEIGHT-TO-THICKNESS RATIO; UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CRACKING (FRACTURE); GROUND MOTION; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAKING TABLE TEST; WALL;

EID: 36849056003     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2790488     Document Type: Article

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