Numerical models for the seismic assessment of an old masonry tower

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1466-1478

  Peña, Fernando ^a   Lourenço, Paulo B ^b   Mendes, Nuno ^b   Oliveira, Daniel V ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Non linear analysis; Pushover; Rigid elements; Tower

Indexed keywords

DELHI , INDIA; HIGHER MODE; MASONRY STRUCTURES; MASONRY TOWERS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR STATICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PUSH-OVER ANALYSIS; PUSHOVER; RIGID ELEMENTS; SEISMIC ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC BEHAVIOR; STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THREE MODELS;

BINARY CODES; FOUNDATIONS; MASONRY MATERIALS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; TOWERS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

COMPLEXITY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MASONRY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC RETROFIT;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 77950338307     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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