Brief history of computation of earthquake response spectra

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 501-508

  Trifunac, M D ^a  

^a Civil Engineering Department ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG COMPUTERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; DIGITAL STORAGE; HISTORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE SPECTRA; RESPONSE SPECTRUM AMPLITUDES;

EARTHQUAKES;

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITIZATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 33745977786     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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