Dynamic parameters of structures extracted from ambient vibration measurements: An aid for the seismic vulnerability assessment of existing buildings in moderate seismic hazard regions

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 593-604

  Michel, Clotaire ^a   Guéguen, Philippe ^a,b   Bard, Pierre Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Lab Central des Ponts et Chaussees   (France)

Author keywords

Ambient vibrations; Existing buildings; FDD method; Grenoble; Modal model; Seismic vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; MODAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SEISMIC HAZARD REGIONS; SEISMIC VULNERABILITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

BUILDING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND MOTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD; STIFFNESS; VIBRATION; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GRENOBLE; ISERE; RHONE-ALPES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42949106943     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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