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RESPONSE OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS |
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| Authors: | DANIEL P ABRAMS |
| Institution: | Department of Civil Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign , 205 N. Mathews, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA |
| Abstract: | Abstract A summary of dynamic measurements are presented that illustrate relations between linear seismic demand and true nonlinear response of unreinforced masonry buildings with flexible diaphragms and rocking piers subjected to a series of simulated earthquake motions. |
| Keywords: | acceleration amplification brick clay-unit masonry displacement diaphragm dynamics elastic evaluation inertia lateral forces nonlinear rehabilitation response seismic spectra stiffness strength unreinforced |