Field investigation on the performance of building structures during the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1707-1723

  Zhao, Bin ^a   Taucer, Fabio ^a   Rossetto, Tiziana ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building structure; Field investigation; Seismic performance; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; BUILDING STRUCTURE; CONFINED MASONRY; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING FIELD INVESTIGATION TEAMS; EARTHQUAKE RECONNAISSANCE; EARTHQUAKE RISK; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EPICENTRE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FAULT RUPTURES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; INSTITUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS; MAIN EVENT; PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES; RESEARCH CENTRES; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; SICHUAN; STILL MISSING; STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; WORK FOCUS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FOUNDATIONS; MASONRY MATERIALS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC WAVES;

EARTHQUAKES;

BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FIELD SURVEY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 67349287018     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.02.039     Document Type: Article

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