An energy-based envelope function for the stochastic simulation of earthquake accelerograms

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1123-1133

  Stafford, P J ^a   Sgobba, S ^b   Marano, G C ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arias intensity; Envelope function; NGA database; Seismic hazard analysis; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

ARIAS INTENSITY; ENVELOPE FUNCTION; NGA DATABASE; SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION;

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK ACCELERATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DESIGN; STOCHASTICITY;

ANAS;

EID: 64549134614     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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