Seismic performance of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) masonry: From experimental testing of the in-plane capacity of walls to building response simulation

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-31

  Costa, Alexandre A ^a   Penna, Andrea ^b   Magenes, Guido ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING EUCENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoclaved Aerated Concrete; Bilinear Idealization; Experimental Tests; Macro element; Numerical Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE; BILINEAR IDEALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; MACRO-ELEMENT; NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONCRETE TESTING; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MASONRY MATERIALS; RATING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; THERMAL INSULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 78651330114     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632461003642413     Document Type: Article

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