Effects of the January 2010 haitian earthquake on selected electrical equipment

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Goodno, B J ^a   Gould, N C ^b   Caldwell, P ^c   Gould, P L ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ABS CONSULTING   (United States)

^c Schneider Electric Codes and Standards   (United States)

^d School of Medicine Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE; CRITICAL FACILITIES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL; NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; NON-STRUCTURAL EQUIPMENTS; SEISMIC EVENT; STATE-OF-THE-ART ENGINEERING;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 80055065466     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.3636415     Document Type: Article

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