Experimental evaluation of the in-plane stiffness of timber diaphragms

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1687-1709

  Brignola, Anna ^a   Pampanin, Stefano ^b   Podestà, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STIFFNESS; WOODEN FLOORS;

EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; IN-PLANE STIFFNESS; PERFORMANCE BASED; RETROFIT STRATEGIES; STIFFNESS PROPERTIES; UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY; UNREINFORCED MASONRY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOOR; MASONRY; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC RETROFIT; STIFFNESS; TIMBER;

EID: 85031823337     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.4000088     Document Type: Article

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