Experimental investigation on the seismic performance of PP-band strengthening stone masonry houses

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2177-2196

  Sathiparan, Navaratnarajah ^a   Sakurai, Kotaro ^b   Numada, Muneyoshi ^b   Meguro, Kimiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic loading; PP band retrofitting; Shaking table test; Stone masonry

Indexed keywords

CAUSES OF DEATH; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; EARTHQUAKE EVENTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; SHAKING TABLE TESTS; STONE MASONRY; STRONG EARTHQUAKES;

DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MASONRY MATERIALS; POLYPROPYLENES; RETROFITTING;

LOADING;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLAPSE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASONRY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC RETROFIT; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 84888128760     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-013-9502-z     Document Type: Article

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