Learning from construction failures due to the 2009 L'Aquila, Italy, earthquake

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 536-555

  Augenti, N ^a   Parisi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Italy; Losses; Site surveys; Structural failures

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STRUCTURE; CENTRAL ITALY; CONSTRUCTION FAILURES; CULTURAL HERITAGES; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; ITALY; LOW-INTENSITY; MAINSHOCK; MASONRY STRUCTURES; SITE SURVEYS; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MASONRY MATERIALS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; SURVEYS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 78649244953     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000122     Document Type: Article

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