Effect of surface layer stochasticity on seismic ground motion coherence and strain estimates

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 445-457

  Zerva, A ^a   Harada, T ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEISMIC WAVES; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

SEISMIC GROUND MOTION; SURFACE LAYER STOCHASTICITY;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STOCHASTICITY; STRAIN;

EID: 0031251982     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(97)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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