On the linear seismic response of soils with modulus varying as a power of depth - The maliakos marine clay

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 85-93

  Travasarou, Thaleia ^a   Gazetas, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amplification; Dynamic analysis; Elastic analysis; Inhomogeneous soil; Seismic response; Shear strain; Shear wave velocity (IGC: C3 D7 E8)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STRAIN; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY;

SOILS;

EID: 24344495721     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.44.5_85     Document Type: Article

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