Seismic performance of an unreinforced masonry building: An experimental investigation

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-68

  Bothara, Jitendra K ^a   Dhakal, Rajesh P ^b   Mander, John B ^c  

^a Beca   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragility curves; Seismic performance; Shaking table test; Unreinforced masonry

Indexed keywords

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; FLOORS; FOUNDATIONS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER;

BASE EXCITATION; BRICK MASONRY; BUILDING MODEL; CEMENT-SAND MORTAR; CLAY BRICKS; CLAY TILE; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRAGILITY CURVES; GLOBAL/LOCAL; GROUND MOTIONS; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; OUT-OF-PLANE; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; SHAKING TABLE TESTS; SHAKING TABLES; TIMBER FLOORS; TIMBER ROOFS; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; UNREINFORCED MASONRY; UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDING;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

CLAY; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND MOTION; MASONRY; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST;

EID: 74549172441     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.932     Document Type: Article

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