Evaluation of the measured seismic response of the Mexico City Cathedral

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1249-1268

  Rivera, Darío ^a   Meli, Roberto ^b   Sánchez, Roberto ^b   Orozco, Bernardo ^b  

^a National Center of Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED)   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accelerographic networks; Historic buildings; Kinematic soil structure interaction; Seismic response; Soft soil deposits; Stone masonry structures

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FOUNDATIONS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOILS; TOWERS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ACCELEROGRAPHIC NETWORKS; HISTORIC BUILDINGS; KINEMATIC SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SOFT SOIL DEPOSITS; STONE MASONRY STRUCTURES;

SEISMOLOGY;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; GROUND MOTION; MASONRY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 50449102965     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.808     Document Type: Article

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