Amplification of earthquake ground motion by steep topographic irregularities

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1831-1853

  Paolucci, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D numerical simulations; Rayleigh's method; Seismic wave propagation; Spectral method; Topographic site effects

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WAVE PROPAGATION;

GROUND MOTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC WAVE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036783621     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.192     Document Type: Article

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