Preventing Undesirable Seismic Behaviour of Infill Walls in Design Process

Dividing walls are usually considered as non-structural elements, but experiences of past earthquakes show that some buildings designed and constructed by engineers have been damaged during earthquakes because of disregarding the negative effects of walls. Apart from the poor quality of construction...

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Main Authors: Azadeh Noorifard, Fatemeh Mehdizadeh Saradj, Mohammad Reza Tabeshpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NR&DI URBAN-INCERC 2017-03-01
Series:Urbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii
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Online Access:http://uac.incd.ro/Art/v8n1a07.pdf