Seismic Performance of Rail-Counterweight System of Elevator in Buildings
Elevators serve a critical function in essential facilities such as hospitals and need to remain operational during and after earthquakes. However, they are still known to malfunction during earthquakes even after several design and sensing improvements required by the current code have been incorpo...
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Virginia Tech
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/11259 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10052004-201201 |