Structural Drift Corresponding to the Critical Excitations

Subject Areas : Structural Engineering

Mohammad Hosein Soltani ¹ , Seyed Hooman Ghasemi ²

1 - Department of Civil Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, USA

Received: 2020-02-03 Accepted : 2020-02-03 Published : 2020-12-01

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