Performance of industrial buildings during the Emilia earthquakes in Northern Italy and recommendations for their strengthening

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2383-2404

  Bournas, Dionysios A ^a   Negro, Paolo ^b   Taucer, Fabio F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cladding elements; Connections; Industrial buildings; Precast structures; Simply supported beams; Steel storage racks

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; LOSSES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

COLLAPSED BUILDINGS; ECONOMIC LOSS; GRAVITY LOADS; INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS; NORTHERN ITALY; PRECAST STRUCTURE; SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAMS; STEEL STORAGE RACKS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FIELD SURVEY; GRAVITY; MAGNITUDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EMILIA;

EID: 84937518943     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-013-9466-z     Document Type: Article

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