Free rocking response of a regular stone masonry wall with equivalent block approach: Experimental and analytical evaluation

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2297-2319

  Costa, Alexandre A ^a   Arêde, António ^a   Penna, Andrea ^b,d   Costa, Aníbal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b EUCENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coefficient of restitution; Equivalent block approach; Numerical simulation; Out of plane; Rocking; Stone masonry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BLOCK APPROACH; COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION; OUT-OF-PLANE; ROCKING; STONE MASONRY;

RETAINING WALLS;

MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; WALL;

EID: 84887201861     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2327     Document Type: Article

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