Simulations of strong ground motion and 3D amplification effect in the Taipei basin by using a composite grid finite-difference method

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1229-1242

  Lee, Shiann Jong ^a   Chen, How Wei ^b   Huang, Bor Shouh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FOUNDATIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; WAVES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; AMPLIFICATION EFFECT; CONSTANT VELOCITY (CV); DIFFERENT TYPES; FIELD SIMULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE (FD); HALF SPACES; LOW VELOCITIES; PROPAGATION BEHAVIOR; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMIC WAVEFRONT; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRUCTURE MODELING; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES; SURFACE SOILING; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); WAVE FORMS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI BASIN; TAIWAN;

EID: 46149104155     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060098     Document Type: Article

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