Ground motions versus geotechnical and structural damage in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 882-892

  Smyrou, Eleni ^a   Tasiopoulou, Panagiota ^a   Bal, Ihsan Engin ^b   Gazetas, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Fyfe Europe SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 80755159297     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.882     Document Type: Article

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