Preliminary analysis of a soft-storey mechanism after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 925-944

  Verderame, Gerardo M ^a   De Luca, Flavia ^a   Ricci, Paolo ^a   Manfredi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brittle failure; Infill; Interaction; L'Aquila earthquake; RC structure; Soft storey

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BRITTLE FAILURES; INFILL; INTERACTION; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKE; RC STRUCTURE; SOFT STOREY;

EARTHQUAKES;

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; COLUMN; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

ABRUZZI; ITALY;

AQUILA;

EID: 79956099894     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.1069     Document Type: Article

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