Wave propagation and soil-structure interaction on a cliff crest during the 1999 Athens Earthquake

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 7-10, 2005, Pages 513-527

  Assimaki, Dominic ^a,d   Kausel, Eduardo ^b   Gazetas, George ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

2D wave propagation; Case study; Cliff crest; Inelastic soil behavior; Random properties; Soil structure interaction; Stratigraphy; Topography

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRATIGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GROUND SURFACE MOTION; INELASTIC SOIL BEHAVIOR; RANDOM PROPERTIES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24344457733     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2004.11.031     Document Type: Article

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