Correlation between damage distribution and ambient noise H/V spectral ratio: The SESAME project results

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-140

  Theodoulidis, Nikolaos ^a   Cultrera, Giovanna ^b   De Rubeis, Valerio ^b   Cara, Fabrizio ^b   Panou, Areti ^a   Pagani, Marco ^c   Teves Costa, Paula ^d  

^a Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Factor and canonical analysis; HVSR method; Macroseismic intensity; Site effects

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CORRELATION METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT NOISE; FACTOR AND CANONICAL ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL AMBIENT NOISE SPECTRAL RATIO (HVNSR); MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY; SITE EFFECTS;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

AMBIENT NOISE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANCONA; ANGRA DO HEROISMO; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FABRIANO; GREECE; ITALY; KALAMATA; MACARONESIA; MARCHE; MESSENIA; PALERMO [SICILY]; PELOPONNISOS; PORTUGAL; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 43449092234     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-008-9060-y     Document Type: Article

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