Normalized shear modulus and material damping ratio relationships

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-464

  Zhang, Jianfeng ^a,b   Andrus, Ronald D ^b   Juang, C Hsein ^a  

^a Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Damping ratio; Dynamic properties; Earthquakes; Ground motion; Material properties; Seismic response; Shear modulus; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MATERIAL DAMPING RATIO; PLASTICITY INDEX (PI); POINT ESTIMATE METHOD; SEISMIC RESPONSE ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR MODULUS;

EID: 15844373144     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:4(453)     Document Type: Article

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