Full-scale dynamic response of an RC building under weak seismic motions using earthquake recordings, ambient vibrations and modelling

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-441

  Michel, Clotaire ^a   Guéguen, Philippe ^b   El Arem, Saber ^c   Mazars, Jacky ^c   Kotronis, Panagiotis ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

City hall grenoble; Modal analysis; Modelling; Seismic behaviour; Weak motion

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MODAL ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D MODELLING; 3D NUMERICAL MODEL; AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; CITY HALL GRENOBLE; CLASSICAL METHODS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EARTHQUAKE RECORDING; ELASTIC DOMAIN; EXISTING BUILDING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; FREQUENCY VARIATION; GRENOBLE; MASS MODELS; MODAL MODELS; MODAL PARAMETERS; RC BUILDINGS; SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC MOTIONS; STRONG MOTION; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

BUILDING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; MODELING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

EID: 77952900016     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.948     Document Type: Article

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