Complex site effects in Thessaloniki (Greece): II. 2D SH modelling and engineering insights

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-327

  Raptakis, Dimitrios ^a   Makra, Konstantia ^b   Anastasiadis, Anastasios ^b   Pitilakis, Kyriazis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

2D model; Aggravation factor; Differential motion; Finite differences; Finite elements; Locally generated surface waves; Non linear phenomena; Site response; Spectral coefficients

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; AGGRAVATION FACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE ELEMENT; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; SITE RESPONSE; SPECTRAL COEFFICIENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33646191969     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-004-3803-1     Document Type: Article

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