Experimental investigation on the seismic performance of masonry buildings using shaking table testing

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1157-1190

  Lourenço, Paulo B ^a   Avila, Leonardo ^a   Vasconcelos, Graça ^a   Alves, J Pedro Pedro ^a   Mendes, Nuno ^a   Costa, Alfredo C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bed joint reinforcement; Behavior factor; Concrete block masonry; Seismic performance; Shaking table tests

Indexed keywords

BED JOINTS; BEHAVIOR FACTOR; DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; ELASTIC RESPONSE SPECTRA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GLOBAL DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; SHAKING TABLE TESTS;

CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONCRETES; REINFORCEMENT; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPLACEMENT; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 84880621990     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-012-9410-7     Document Type: Article

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