A theoretical method for computing near-fault ground motions in layered half-spaces considering static offset due to surface faulting, with a physical interpretation of fling step and rupture directivity

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1154-1168

  Hisada, Yoshiaki ^a   Bielak, Jacobo ^b  

^a KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; THEOREM PROVING;

GROUND MOTIONS; STATIC HALF-SPACES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; HALF SPACE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0043241650     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020165     Document Type: Article

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