Building pounding damage observed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 893-913

  Cole, Gregory L ^a   Dhakal, Rajesh P ^a   Turner, Fred M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b California Seismic Safety Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

2011 Christchurch earthquake; Damage evaluation; Pounding; Seismic separation; Survey; Unreinforced masonry

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEPARATION; SURVEYS;

BUILDING SEPARATION; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DAMAGE EVALUATION; DAMAGE PATTERNS; MODERN BUILDINGS; POUNDING; REASONABLE ACCURACY; UNREINFORCED MASONRY; UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDING;

BUILDINGS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DAMAGE MECHANICS; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; MASONRY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECISION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 84858862546     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.1164     Document Type: Article

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