Seismic fragility and confidence bounds for gravity load designed reinforced concrete frames of varying height

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 639-650

  Ramamoorthy, Sathish K ^a   Gardoni, Paolo ^a   Bracci, Joseph M ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete, reinforced; Frames; Probability; Seismic effects

Indexed keywords

DRIFT CAPACITY; FRAGILITY ESTIMATES; SEISMIC FRAGILITY;

DAMAGE DETECTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 40849131162     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2008)134:4(639)     Document Type: Article

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