Earthquake time histories compatible with the 2005 National building code of Canada uniform hazard spectrum

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 991-1000

  Atkinson, Gail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motions; NBCC seismic design; Uniform hazard spectrum

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE MOTION; HAZARD SPECTRUMS; NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF CANADA; NBCC SEISMIC DESIGN; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SITE CONDITIONS; TIME HISTORY; TIME HISTORY METHOD; TIME-AVERAGED; UNIFORM HAZARD SPECTRUM;

BUILDING CODES; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349200619     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L09-044     Document Type: Article

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