Collapse ratios of buildings due to the 1995 Kobe earthquake and interference between S-wave and the second surface wave at basin edge

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Zhao, Zhixin ^a   Xu, Jiren ^a   Ryuji, Kubota ^b   Wakizawa, Yasuhiko ^c   Kajikawa, Syozo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Kawasaki Geological Engineering Co   (Japan)

^c PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collapse ratios of buildings; Interference of wave; Numerical simulation; Seismic wave acceleration; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143135737     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03WD0193     Document Type: Article

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