Earthquake design of unreinforced masonry residential buildings up to 15 metres in height

Australian Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-99

  Lawrence, S J ^a,b   Willis, C R ^c   Melkoumian, N ^c   Griffith, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b SPL Consulting Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; HAZARDS; MASONRY MATERIALS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

DISPLACEMENT-BASED; EARTHQUAKE DESIGN; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; OUT-OF-PLANE BENDING; REGIONAL CENTRES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; UNREINFORCED MASONRY; UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 67949092724     PISSN: 13287982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13287982.2009.11465035     Document Type: Article

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