Effects of spatial variability of soil properties on surface ground motion

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-44

  Assimaki, Dominic ^a   Pecker, Alain ^b   Popescu, Radu ^c   Prevost, Jean ^d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Geodynamique et Structure   (France)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

DYNAFLOW; FLUSH; Monte Carlo simulation; Random fields; Response spectra; Seismic wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL MECHANICS; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SURFACE GROUND MOTION;

SEISMIC WAVES;

EID: 0037999944     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460309350472     Document Type: Article

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