Shaking table testing of an existing masonry building: Assessment and improvement of the seismic performance

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-266

  Mendes, Nuno ^a   Lourenço, Paulo B ^a   Campos Costa, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Masonry; Seismic performance; Shaking table; Strengthening

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FLOORS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; SEISMIC WAVES; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TESTING;

ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT; DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION; MASONRY; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; SEISMIC VULNERABILITY CURVES; SHAKING TABLE TESTING; SHAKING TABLES; STRENGTHENING TECHNIQUE;

EARTHQUAKES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; MASONRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST;

EID: 84891918136     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2342     Document Type: Article

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