Empirical prediction equations for peak ground velocity derived from strong-motion records from Europe and the Middle East

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 511-530

  Akkar, Sinan ^a   Bommer, Julian J ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES ACCELEROGRAMS; EMPIRICAL PREDICTION EQUATIONS; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; SEISMICITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRONG MOTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34249299689     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060141     Document Type: Article

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