Guide for shear-wave-based liquefaction potential evaluation

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-308

  Andrus, Ronald D ^a   Stokoe II, Kenneth H ^b   Juang, C Hsein ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFACTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LIQUEFACTION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 2942661962     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1715106     Document Type: Article

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