Experimental and numerical results from the seismic study of a masonry bell tower

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-293

  Ivorra, Salvador ^a   Pallarés, Francisco J ^b   Adam, José M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bell tower; Dynamic study; Finite element method; Masonry; Non linear analysis

Indexed keywords

18TH CENTURY; ACCELEROGRAMS; BELL TOWER; BELL TOWERS; DYNAMIC STUDY; DYNAMIC TESTS; FAILURE CRITERIA; GEOMETRIC DESCRIPTION; MASONRY; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ACCELERATIONS; SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR; SEISMIC FORCES; SEISMIC STUDIES; VALENCIA;

BELLS; BINARY CODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATIONS; MASONRY MATERIALS; SEISMOLOGY; SIMULATORS; TESTING;

TOWERS;

EID: 70449448403     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/136943309788251641     Document Type: Article

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