In situ soil-specific nonlinear properties back-calculated from vertical array records during 1995 Kobe earthquake

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1509-1521

  Kokusho, Takaji ^a   Aoyagi, Tomohiro ^a,b   Wakunami, Akihiro ^a,c  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saitama Prefectural Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Land and Transportation

Author keywords

Damping; Degradation; Earthquakes; Japan; Seismic effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SOILS; TECTONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

JAPAN; NONLINEAR SOIL PROPERTIES; SEISMIC EFFECTS; VERTICAL ARRAY RECORDS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

DAMPING; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL PROPERTY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 28444498144     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:12(1509)     Document Type: Article

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