Constraining paleo PGA values by numerical analysis of overturned columns

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-472

  Yagoda Biran, Gony ^a   Hatzor, Yossef H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

DDA; Discrete element methods; Historical monuments; Numerical analysis; Paleo seismicity; PGA

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BACK ANALYSIS; COLUMN COLLAPSE; DISCONTINUOUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; HISTORIC MONUMENT; HISTORICAL MONUMENTS; INSTRUMENTAL DATA; LOWER BOUNDS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME WINDOWS;

PROGRAMMED CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BACK ANALYSIS; COLUMN; DATA ACQUISITION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PALEOSEISMICITY; PEAK ACCELERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952945492     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.950     Document Type: Article

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