Infill masonry : seismic behavior of reinforced solutions

The analysis of buildings constructed in the last 20 years, designed following modern standards, may lead to worrying conclusions. Images of out-of-plane expulsions and in-plane failures of infill walls in recent seismic activities around the world reminded engineers of the consequences of bad pract...

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Main Author: Leite, João C. (author)
Other Authors: Pereira, Manuel Fernando Paulo (author), Lourenço, Paulo B. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/14879
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/14879