A damage model for the assessment of storm damage to buildings

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3603-3609

  Heneka, Patrick ^a   Ruck, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage function; Germany; Residential buildings; Storm damage; Storms; Winter storm

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; MODEL BUILDINGS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORMS;

DAMAGE FUNCTION; GERMANY; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; STORM DAMAGE; WINTER STORM;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

BUILDING; CALIBRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM DAMAGE; WIND FORCING; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 55949113823     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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