Wavelet-based identification of site frequencies from earthquake records

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-594

  Montejo, Luis A ^a,b   Suárez, Luis E ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Site frequencies; Site response; System identification; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE ACCELEROGRAMS; SITE FREQUENCIES; SITE RESPONSE; SOIL DEPOSIT;

CALIBRATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745652707     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246906002803     Document Type: Article

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