Assessment of RC columns subjected to horizontal and vertical ground motions recorded during the 2009 L'Aquila (Italy) earthquake

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1514-1535

  Di Sarno, L ^a   Elnashai, A S ^b   Manfredi, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beam columns; Inelastic response; L'Aquila earthquake; RC members; Seismic analysis; Seismic response; Vertical component

Indexed keywords

BEAM-COLUMNS; INELASTIC RESPONSE; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKE; RC MEMBER; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING MOMENTS; EARTHQUAKES; MODEL STRUCTURES; RATING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

AXIAL LOADS;

COLUMN; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; LOADING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

AQUILA;

EID: 79953774076     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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