A framework for the seismic assessment of existing masonry buildings accounting for different sources of uncertainty

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1045-1066

  Rota, M ^a   Penna, A ^a,b   Magenes, G ^a,b  

^a European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confidence factors; Knowledge levels; Masonry buildings; Modelling uncertainties; Seismic assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE FACTORS; KNOWLEDGE LEVEL; MASONRY BUILDING; SEISMIC ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

SEISMOLOGY;

BUILDING; BUILDING CODE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; MASONRY; NONLINEARITY; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STOCHASTICITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898803854     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2386     Document Type: Article

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