A new fast multi-domain BEM to model seismic wave propagation and amplification in 3-D geological structures

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 509-531

  Chaillat, S ^a,b   Bonnet, M ^a   Semblat, J F ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Site effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALLUVIAL FAN; AMPLIFICATION; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELASTODYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SITE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 64849092300     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04041.x     Document Type: Article

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