In situ measurement of damping ratio using surface waves

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 472-480

  Rix, G J ^a   Lai, C G ^a   Spang A W , Jr ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DAMPING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SEISMIC WAVES; SOILS; SURFACE WAVES; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

CROSS HOLE TESTS; DAMPING RATIO; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT SURFACE WAVE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; INVERSION ANALYSIS; MULTIMODE RAYLEIGH WAVES; SURFACE WAVE ATTENUATION; SURFACE WAVE MEASUREMENTS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

AMPLIFICATION; DAMPING; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 0033830059     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2000)126:5(472)     Document Type: Article

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