Nonlinear site effects on strong ground motion at a reclaimed island

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-39

  Yang, Jun ^a   Sato, Tadanobu ^a   Li, Xiang Song ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Array records; Ground motion; Kobe earthquake; Nonlinearity; Site response; Soil liquefaction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PORE PRESSURE; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRAIN;

DOWNHOLE ARRAY ACCELERATION; GROUND MOTION; NONLINEAR SITE EFFECTS;

ACCELERATION;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; NONLINEARITY; RECLAIMED LAND; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; STRONG MOTION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; PORT ISLAND;

EID: 0034107162     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-092     Document Type: Article

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