Finite-element simulation of seismic ground motion with a voxel mesh

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 2183-2198

  Koketsu, Kazuki ^a   Fujiwara, Hiroyuki ^b   Ikegami, Yasushi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^c CRC Solutions Corp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Seismic ground motion; Voxel mesh

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND MOTION; SEISMICITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 6444237903     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2557-7     Document Type: Article

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