Strong-motion accelerographs: Early history

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1121-1134

  Brady, A Gerald ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early accelerographs; Processing; Recordings

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DESIGN; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); SEISMOLOGY; WAXED PAPERS;

DESIGN PROCEDURE; DIGITAL FORMS; EARLY ACCELEROGRAPHS; EARLY PROCESSING; GROUND ACCELERATIONS; GROUND MOTIONS; HORIZONTAL SHAKING; NEW ZEALAND; PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER; RECORDINGS; SEISMIC ENGINEERING; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRONG-MOTION; STRUCTURAL ACCELERATION;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

BUILDING CODE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GROUND MOTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOGRAPH; STRONG MOTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149172731     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.913     Document Type: Article

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