Estimation of site amplification from Dahan downhole recordings

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-332

  Huang, Huey Chu ^a   Chiu, Hung Chie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Site amplification; Spectral ratio; Waveform simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACES; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DAHAN DOWNHOLE RECORDINGS; DAMAGE PATTERNS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE FOURIER AMPLITUDE SPECTRA; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SPECTRAL RATIO; WAVEFORM SIMULATION;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AMPLIFICATION; GROUND MOTION; NEAR SURFACE SEDIMENT; SITE AMPLIFICATION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030114892     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199604)25:4<319::AID-EQE546>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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