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Soft-story effects on the behaviour of seismically isolated buildings under near and far-fault earthquakes

Savaş Erdem, Khalid Saifullah
Savaş Erdem * Department of Civil Engineering, İstanbul University, 34320 İstanbul, Turkey
Khalid Saifullah Department of Civil Engineering, İstanbul University, 34320 İstanbul, Turkey
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