The relevance of energy damping in unreinforced masonry rocking mechanisms. Experimental and analytic investigations

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1617-1642

  Sorrentino, Luigi ^a   AlShawa, Omar ^a   Decanini, Luis D ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic coefficient of restitution; Experimental coefficient of restitution; Impulsive energy dissipation; One sided rocking; Two sided rocking

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION; EXPERIMENTAL COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION; IMPULSIVE ENERGY DISSIPATION; ONE-SIDED ROCKING; TWO-SIDED ROCKING;

DAMPING; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; MASONRY MATERIALS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ACCELEROMETER; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOUNDATION; GROUND MOTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MASONRY; OVERTURN;

EID: 80052515182     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9291-1     Document Type: Article

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