The effect of interface material on the dynamic behavior of free rocking blocks

8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2114-2123

  Elgawady, M A ^a   Ma, Q ^a   Butterworth, J ^a   Ingham, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; INTERFACE MATERIALS; MASONRY BRICKS; RIGID BLOCK; ROCKING BLOCK; ROCKING RESPONSE; ROTATION AMPLITUDES;

ASPECT RATIO; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84865957936     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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