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    • Development of a Fragility Model for the Residential Building Stock in South America 

      Villar-Vega, Mabé; Silva, Vitor; Crowley, Helen; Yepes, Catalina; Tarque, Nicola; Acevedo, Ana Beatriz; Hube, Matías A. A.; Gustavo, Coronel D.; Santa María, Hernán (US, 2017)
      South America—in particular, the Andean countries—are exposed to high levels of seismic hazard, which, when combined with the elevated concentration of population and properties, has led to an alarming potential for human ...
    • Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of a Full-Scale Unreinforced Adobe Model 

      Tarque, Nicola; Camata, Guido; Spacone, Enrico; Varum, Humberto; Blondet, Marcial (US, 2014)
      This paper describes the results of a numerical study of a full-scale adobe building model tested on a shaking table. Material properties of adobe masonry were calibrated to represent the wall in-plane seismic behavior, ...