How did unreinforced masonry buildings perform in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake?

Structural Engineer

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 14-18

  Ingham, Jason M ^a   Biggs, David T ^b   Moon, Lisa M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STANDARDS; CURRENT STRENGTH; DESIGN LEVELS; HERITAGE BUILDINGS; PUBLIC SAFETY; UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDING;

EARTHQUAKES; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MASONRY MATERIALS;

CONCRETE BUILDINGS;

EID: 79952806050     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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