First exploratory study on dynamic characteristics of rammed earth buildings

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3690-3695

  Bui, Q B ^a,b   Hans, S ^a   Morel, J C ^a   Do, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b LOQUIS Eco construction   (France)

Author keywords

Damping ratio; Natural frequency; Rammed earth; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DAMPING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PLANNING; SEISMIC DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DAMPING RATIO; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; EARTHQUAKE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; RAMMED EARTH; RAMMED EARTH BUILDINGS;

EARTHQUAKES;

DURABILITY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; PARAMETERIZATION; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 80054921490     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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