A systematic study is made of the effects of seismic impacts between the base of an isolated building and the surrounding retaining wall. The analysis is performed without using gap elements or assuming values of the coefficient of restitution and the duration of impact. The analysis captures the ef
Seismic isolation of civil buildings in New Zealand
β Scribed by W H Robinson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 665 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1365-0556
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