Rapid seismic evaluation of historic brick-masonry buildings in Vienna (Austria) based on visual screening

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1833-1856

  Achs, Günther ^a   Adam, Christoph ^b  

^a VIENNA CONSULTING ENGINEERS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Damage scenario; Historic brick masonry buildings; Rapid visual screening; Vienna; Vulnerability class

Indexed keywords

BRICK; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; DAMAGE DETECTION; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

BRICK MASONRY; DAMAGE SCENARIOS; VIENNA; VISUAL SCREENING; VULNERABILITY CLASS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GEOMETRY; HISTORIC BUILDING; MASONRY; PRESERVATION; TYPOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

ABRUZZI; AUSTRIA; ITALY; L'AQUILA; VIENNA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84869135395     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-012-9376-5     Document Type: Article

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