Masonry construction for earthquake

I. L. Holmes

doi:10.5459/bnzsee.1.1.16-22

I. L. Holmes Holmes and Wood, Christchurch, New Zealand

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.1.1.16-22

Abstract

The International Conference on Masonry Structural Systems, held at Austin, Texas last December, was not particularly concerned with earthquake. But it showed up many points of design philosophy of intense interest to engineers concerned with earthquake design.

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