Estimating modal parameters for a simple soft-soil site having a linear distribution of shear wave velocity with depth

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-178

  Zhao, J X ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Damping ratios; Modal parameters; Radiation damping; Site analysis

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; GROUND MOTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; S WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SOFT SOIL; SOIL;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ELASTIC WAVES; MODAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DAMPING RATIOS; EARTHQUAKE EXCITATION; FLEXIBLE HALF SPACE; MODAL PARAMETERS; RADIATION DAMPING; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SOFT SOIL SITE ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

EID: 0029668097     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199602)25:2<163::AID-EQE544>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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