Rocking response of rigid blocks under near-source ground motions

Geotechnique

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-262

  Makris, N ^a   Roussos, Y S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Earthquakes; Near source; Overturning; Rocking

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ESTIMATION; KINEMATICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CYCLOIDAL PULSES; ROCKING RESPONSE; TRIGONOMETRIC PULSES;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

ACCELERATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GROUND MOTION; OSCILLATION; ROCK BLOCK; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0034078018     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2000.50.3.243     Document Type: Article

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