Displacement capacity of masonry buildings as a basis for the assessment of behavior factor: An experimental study

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1267-1294

  Tomaževič, Miha ^a   Weiss, Polona ^a  

^a SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Behavior factor; Damage limitation; Design seismic load; Displacement capacity; Earthquake resistance; Masonry; Models; Shaking table tests

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR FACTOR; DAMAGE LIMITATION; DISPLACEMENT CAPACITY; MASONRY; SHAKING TABLE TESTS;

DESIGN; EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; SEISMIC DESIGN; TEXTILES;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISPLACEMENT; DISSIPATION; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC DESIGN; SHAKING TABLE TEST;

EID: 78650075557     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-010-9181-y     Document Type: Article

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