Numerical analysis of block stone displacements in ancient masonry structures: A new method to estimate historic ground motions

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1321-1340

  Kamai, Ronnie ^a,b   Hatzor, Yossef H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuous deformation analysis; Ground motions; Masonry structures; PGA; Seismic risk; Validation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BUILDING CODES; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ESTIMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FOUNDATIONS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MASONRY MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; BACK ANALYSIS; CASE STUDIES; DISCONTINUOUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC PARAMETERS; GROUND MOTIONS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MASONRY STRUCTURES; NEW APPROACHES; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATIONS; PGA; SEISMIC RISK; SEISMIC RISKS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL FAILURES; STRUCTURAL RESPONSES; VALIDATION;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BACK ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; HISTORIC BUILDING; MASONRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 49649087211     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.671     Document Type: Article

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