Structural performance of stud walls under normal and post-earthquake fire exposure

Proceedings of the 2008 Structures Congress - Structures Congress 2008: Crossing the Borders

Volumn 314, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yassin, Hany ^a   Bagchi, Ashutosh ^a   Kodur, Venkatesh ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EARTHQUAKE EVENTS; FIRE PERFORMANCE; HOUSE CONSTRUCTION; POST-EARTHQUAKE FIRES; SIMULATION MODEL; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; WALL SYSTEMS;

FIRE RESISTANCE;

EID: 70349382504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41016(314)61     Document Type: Conference Paper

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