The behaviour of vernacular buildings in the 2012 Emilia earthquakes

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2367-2382

  Sorrentino, Luigi ^a   Liberatore, Laura ^a   Liberatore, Domenico ^a   Masiani, Renato ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local collapse mechanisms; Rocking spectra; Rural buildings; Traditional brickwork; Vernacular buildings

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES;

COLLAPSE MECHANISM; ROCKING SPECTRUM; RURAL BUILDINGS; TRADITIONAL BRICKWORK; VERNACULAR BUILDINGS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84876685227     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-013-9455-2     Document Type: Article

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