Nonlinear ground-response analysis of Turkey Flat shallow stiff-soil site to strong ground motion

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 331-343

  Kwok, Annie O L ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^b   Hashash, Youssef M A ^c  

^a Praad Geotechnical Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; VELOCITY;

GROUND MOTION; GROUND-RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRONG MOTION; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 40549145574     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070009     Document Type: Article

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