Evaluation and control of the in-plane stiffness of timber floors for the performance-based retrofit of URM buildings

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 204-221

  Brignola, Anna ^a   Pampanin, Stefano ^b   Podestà, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BUILDINGS; DIAPHRAGMS; FLOORS; RETROFITTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STIFFNESS; TIMBER;

FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGMS; NUMERICAL EVIDENCE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT; PRACTICING ENGINEERS; REINFORCED MASONRY; RETROFIT STRATEGIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESPONSE;

WOODEN FLOORS;

EID: 70349331159     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.42.3.204-221     Document Type: Article

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