Estimation of frequency-dependent strong motion duration via wavelets and its influence on nonlinear seismic response

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-264

  Montejo, Luis A ^a   Kowalsky, Mervyn J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EARTHQUAKES; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT STRONG MOTION DURATION; INCREMENTAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS (IDA); NONLINEAR SEISMIC RESPONSE;

SEISMIC RESPONSE;

DEGRADATION; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; NONLINEARITY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRONG MOTION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ANAS;

EID: 41149142466     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2007.00534.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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