The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake and response of high-rise buildings under long-period ground motions

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1511-1528

  Takewaki, I ^a   Murakami, S ^a   Fujita, K ^a   Yoshitomi, S ^a   Tsuji, M ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL EXCITATION; EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT DESIGN; GROUND MOTIONS; HIGH RISE BUILDING; LARGE CITIES; REDUCTION RATE; RESPONSE CHARACTERISTIC; RUBBER DAMPERS; SEISMIC BEHAVIOR; SEISMIC RESISTANT DESIGN; STEEL BUILDINGS; STILL MISSING; SUPER HIGH-RISE BUILDING; VISCO-ELASTIC;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC DESIGN; TALL BUILDINGS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC RETROFIT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

AICHI; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KINKI; NAGOYA; OSAKA [KINKI]; OSAKA [OSAKA (PRF)]; TOHOKU; TOKYO [KANTO]; TOKYO [TOKYO (PRF)];

EID: 80051823710     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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