Earthquake loss estimation for reinforced concrete buildings: Some problems

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 701-707

  Spence, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; CAPACITY SPECTRUMS; EARTHQUAKE LOSS ESTIMATIONS; EXISTING BUILDINGS; INSURANCE INDUSTRIES; RC BUILDINGS; RC STRUCTURES; REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS; STATISTICAL APPROACHES; URBAN RISKS; VULNERABILITY MODELS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RISK PERCEPTION; SEISMOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 58149487536     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2008.00035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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