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Shake Test Gauges Seismic Vulnerability of NYC’s Row Houses

Authors :
Jenny Jones
Source :
Civil Engineering Magazine. 83:36-37
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2013.

Abstract

Shake table tests are evaluating how well the unreinforced masonry structures in New York City known as row houses would withstand even a moderate earthquake.

Subjects

Subjects :
Engineering
Shake test
business.industry
Terraced house
Vulnerability
Earthquake shaking table
Geotechnical engineering
General Medicine
Unreinforced masonry building
business

Details

ISSN :
23810688
Volume :
83
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Civil Engineering Magazine
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........f93d12a34b084d56d89b7cba62e8ca6f

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