NGA project strong-motion database

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-44

  Chiou, Brian ^a   Darragh, Robert ^b   Gregor, Nick ^b   Silva, Walter ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b Pacific Engineering and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIME SERIES;

ACCELERATION TIME SERIES; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; GROUND MOTION PARAMETERS; HORIZONTAL ACCELERATION; HORIZONTAL GROUND MOTION; RESEARCH ORGANIZATION; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

ACCELERATION; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; RESEARCH; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 48549085097     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2894831     Document Type: Article

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