Analysis of nonlinear site response using the LSST downhole accelerometer array data

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 435-460

  Lee, Chien Ping ^a,b   Tsai, Yi Ben ^a   Wen, Kuo Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Downhole; Equivalent linear; Hysteresis loop; LSST; Nonlinear; PGA

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EQUIVALENT-LINEAR MODEL; HYSTERESIS LOOP; LARGE SCALE SEISMIC TEST (LSST); NONLINEAR MODEL;

SOIL MECHANICS;

HYSTERESIS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL DYNAMICS;

EID: 33644693047     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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