Seismic vulnerability overview of historical masonry churches in Europe

This paper presents a contribution for the safety assessment of historical masonry churches located in earthquake prone areas. Six different simplified safety indexes (three in-plane and three out-of-plane) are analyzed, taking into account a large sample of forty-four European churches. The sample...

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Main Author: Lourenço, Paulo B. (author)
Other Authors: Oliveira, Daniel V. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Seismic vulnerability
Historical masonry
Safety assessment
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5000
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/5000

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5000

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