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The full-scale laboratory: the practice of post-earthquake reconnaissance missions and their contribution to earthquake engineering

The third Nicholas Ambraseys Lecture

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  1. Emeritus Professor of Architectural Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

    Robin Spence

  2. Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd, Unit 6, 25 Gwydir St, Cambridge, CB1 2LG, UK

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This paper is Chapter 1 in the Open Access book “Perspectives on European Earthquake Engineering and Seismology”, edited by Professor Atilla Ansal. The full text can be found at: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-07118-3.

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Spence, R. The full-scale laboratory: the practice of post-earthquake reconnaissance missions and their contribution to earthquake engineering. Bull Earthquake Eng 13, 1581–1585 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-015-9751-0

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