The direct boundary element method: 2D site effects assessment on laterally varying layered media (methodology)

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-180

  Álvarez Rubio, Sonia ^a   Sánchez Sesma, Francisco J ^b   Benito, Juan José ^c   Alarcón, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

2D site effects; Direct boundary element method; Irregular multilayered medium

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SCATTERING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VISCOELASTICITY;

DIRECT BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD (DBEM); ELASTODYNAMIC FIELD EQUATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELASTODYNAMICS; GROUND MOTION; LAYERED MEDIUM; SITE EFFECT; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 1142305252     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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