Application of the specific barrier model to the seismic fragility assessment of critical facilities

8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006

Volumn 12, Issue , 2006, Pages 7157-7166

  Wanitkorkul, A ^a   Halldorsson, B ^a   Papageorgiou, A S ^b   Filiatrault, A ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACILITIES; DAMPING SYSTEM; FRAGILITY CURVES; NON-STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; NONSTRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE; SEISMIC FRAGILITY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SPECIFIC BARRIER MODEL; STEEL-FRAMED; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; VISCOUS DAMPING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DAMPING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84865846963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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