Site effects at Euroseistest-II. Results from 2D numerical modeling and comparison with observations

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-39

  Chavez Garcia F J ^a   Raptakis, D ^b   Makra, K ^b   Pitilakis, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

2D model; Euroseistest; Finite difference; Locally generated surface waves; Site response; Test site

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

SITE RESPONSE; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAMS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA INTERPRETATION; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EUROSEISTEST; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; VALLEY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034696191     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(99)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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