Case study: Analytical investigation on the failure of a two-story RC building damaged during the 2007 Pisco-Chincha earthquake

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1876-1887

  Kwon, Oh Sung ^a   Kim, Eungsoo ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement effect; Infill masonry wall; Pisco Chincha earthquake; Post earthquake analysis; Reinforced concrete structures; Seismic performance; Short column effects

Indexed keywords

CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKE ANALYSIS; INFILL MASONRY WALL; MASONRY WALLS; REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; SHORT COLUMN EFFECT;

CONCRETE BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; FOUNDATIONS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MASONRY MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; RETAINING WALLS; SEISMIC WAVES;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BUILDING; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; LIQUEFACTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 77953023491     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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