Nonlinear site amplification factors for constraining the NGA models

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-255

  Walling, Melanie ^a   Silva, Walter ^b   Abrahamson, Norman ^c  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b Pacific Engineering and Analysis   (United States)

^c PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; EQUIVALENT LINEAR METHOD; GROUND MOTION MODEL; NONLINEAR AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR SITE AMPLIFICATION; NONLINEAR SOIL RESPONSE; PEAK ACCELERATION;

SOILS;

AMPLIFICATION; GROUND MOTION; NONLINEARITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PEAK ACCELERATION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

COAST RANGES; IMPERIAL VALLEY; PENINSULAR RANGES;

EID: 48549088339     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2934350     Document Type: Article

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