Site-specific ground motion simulation and seismic response analysis at the proposed bridge sites within the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Engineering Geology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 127-150

  Mammo, Tilahun ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Amplification spectra; Ground motion simulation; Peak ground acceleration; Response spectra; Site effects; Time histories

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; ROCKS;

COMPUTED ACCELERATION; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; SOIL COLUMNS; SYNTHETIC GROUND MOTIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION;

ADDIS ABABA; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 21044438912     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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