Earthquake ground motion simulation with frequency-dependent soil properties

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 234-241

  Meng, Jiewu ^a  

^a WPC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic soil properties; Earthquake ground motion; Frequency dependence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL MECHANICS; VELOCITY;

DYNAMIC SOIL PROPERTIES; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLIFICATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL PROPERTY; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 33750531696     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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