Earthquake vulnerability assessment of existing buildings in Gandhidham and Adipur Cities Kachchh, Gujarat (India)

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-353

  Srikanth, Terala ^a   Kumar, Ramancharla Pradeep ^a   Singh, Ajay Pratap ^b   Rastogi, Bal Krishna ^b   Kumar, Santosh ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Performance score; Preliminary assessment and detailed assessment; RVS

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960036366     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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