Earthquake damage detection in the Imperial County Services Building I: The data and time-frequency analysis

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 564-576

  Todorovska, Maria I ^a   Trifunac, Mihailo D ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Building frequency; Damage detection; Earthquake response; Earthquakes; Frequency response; Imperial County Services building; Seismic monitoring; Seismic surveys; Structural health monitoring; Structural response; Vibration

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE DETECTION; GABOR TRANSFORM; SHAKING; TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846842233     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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