Rocking stability of masonry arches in seismic regions

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 847-865

  DeJong, Matthew J ^a   De Lorenzis, Laura ^b   Adams, Stuart ^c   Ochsendorf, John A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; MASONRY BRIDGES; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MASONRY MATERIALS;

BASE EXCITATION; EARTHQUAKE LOADINGS; EARTHQUAKE MOTION; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FAILURE PREDICTION; MASONRY ARCHES; ROCKING MOTION; SEISMIC REGIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GROUND MOTION; LOADING; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 58049096793     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2985763     Document Type: Article

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