Influence of input motion and site property variabilities on seismic site response analysis

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 607-619

  Rathje, Ellen M ^a   Kottke, Albert R ^a   Trent, Whitney L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GeoEngineers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Input motions; Site response analysis; Soil properties; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; EQUIVALENT-LINEAR; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-SHAKING; INPUT MOTIONS; MEDIAN SURFACES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR SOIL PROPERTIES; SEISMIC SITES; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SITE PROPERTIES; SITE RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SOIL CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL PROPERTY; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE MOTIONS; SURFACE RESPONSE; TARGET ACCELERATION; TARGET SPECTRUM;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SITE SELECTION; SOILS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUND MOTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SIMULATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL PROPERTY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77952259228     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000255     Document Type: Article

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