Need of performance based earthquake engineering in Taiwan a lesson from the Chichi earthquake.
The objectives of seismic engineering are to design and build better and more economic earthquake resistant structures. Performance, which is measured as the amount of damage of a facility and the impact of damage to the society after an earthquake, is the main concern. Performance based earthquake...
Published in: | Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 29, 11 (2000). |
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Language: | English |
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