Alternative interpretations of horizontal to vertical spectral ratios of ambient vibrations: New insights from theoretical modeling

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 519-534

  Albarello, Dario ^a   Lunedei, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambient vibrations; Geophysical modeling; HVSR

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; BODY WAVES; FREE SURFACES; FUNDAMENTAL RESONANCE FREQUENCY; GENERAL MODEL; GEOPHYSICAL MODELING; HARMONIC POINT; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LOCAL SOURCE; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; RAYLEIGH; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; THEORETICAL MODELING; VISCO-ELASTIC; WAVEFIELDS;

GEOPHYSICS; SOILS; SURFACE WAVES;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

BODY WAVE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RESONANCE; SUBSOIL; SURFACE WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIBRATION; VISCOELASTIC FLUID;

EID: 77952098260     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-009-9110-0     Document Type: Article

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