Urban seismic stations: Soil-structure interaction assessment by spectral ratio analyses

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 723-738

  Massa, M ^a   Marzorati, S ^a   Ladina, C ^a   Lovati, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Site effect; Soil structure interaction; Spectral ratio techniques

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; AMBIENT SEISMIC NOISE; CIVIL PROTECTION; DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; EIGENFREQUENCY; FREE OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY RANGES; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; SEISMIC STATION; SITE EFFECTS; SOIL-STRUCTURE; SPECTRAL RATIOS;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; SENSORS; SOILS; SURGE PROTECTION;

BUILDINGS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AMPLIFICATION; AZIMUTH; BUILDING; OSCILLATION; SEISMIC NOISE; SENSOR; SITE EFFECT; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VIBRATION;

EID: 77952097263     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-009-9138-1     Document Type: Article

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