Seismic fragility analysis and retrofit of conventional residential wood-frame structures in the central United States

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-271

  Pang, Weichiang ^a   Rosowsky, David V ^b   Ellingwood, Bruce R ^c   Wang, Yue ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Building, residential; Earthquake engineering; Frames; Rehabilitation; Seismic effects; Shear walls; Structural reliability; Wood structures

Indexed keywords

BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FRAMES; REHABILITATION; SEISMIC EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; WOOD STRUCTURES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LOSSES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RETROFITTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WALLS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WOOD; WOODEN BUILDINGS; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DIVIDERS; EARTH MOVEMENT; FRAMES; RESISTANCE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; UNITED STATES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 60449087966     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2009)135:3(262)     Document Type: Article

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