Vulnerability Assessment of Unreinforced Masonry Churches Following the 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 912-934

  Marotta, Alessandra ^a   Sorrentino, Luigi ^a   Liberatore, Domenico ^a   Ingham, Jason M ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Damage Probability Matrices; Statistical Regressions; Unreinforced Masonry Churches; Vulnerability Assessment; Vulnerability Modifiers

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; MASONRY MATERIALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS;

DAMAGE PROBABILITY MATRICES; STATISTICAL REGRESSION; UNREINFORCED MASONRY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY MODIFIERS;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

EID: 84991035246     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632469.2016.1206761     Document Type: Article

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