Simulation of the earthquake-induced pounding of seismically isolated buildings

Computers and Structures

Volumn 86, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 618-626

  Komodromos, Petros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Object oriented programming; Poundings; Seismic isolation; Structural impact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

SEISMICALLY ISOLATED BUILDING; STIFF BUILDINGS; STRUCTURAL IMPACT;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 40649106962     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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