Seismic Design Codes for Buildings in Japan

Journal of Disaster Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-356

  Kuramoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

performance based earthquake design; seismic design code; the Building Standard Law of Japan; two phase earthquake design

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CODES (SYMBOLS); EARTHQUAKES;

BUILDING STANDARD LAWS; EARTHQUAKE DESIGN; PERFORMANCE BASED; PERFORMANCE BASED EARTHQUAKE DESIGN; SEISMIC CODE; SEISMIC DESIGN CODE; THE BUILDING STANDARD LAW OF JAPAN; TWO PHASE; TWO-PHASE EARTHQUAKE DESIGN;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 66449097219     PISSN: 18812473     EISSN: 18838030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2006.p0341     Document Type: Review

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