Attenuation of ground vibrations due to different technical sources

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-344

  Auersch, L ^a   Said, S ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

environmental vibrations; field tests; material damping; Rayleigh wave; scattering damping; wave attenuation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRATIONS; FIELD TESTS; MATERIAL DAMPING; RAYLEIGH; WAVE ATTENUATION;

DAMPING; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SCATTERING; SURFACE WAVES;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958005458     PISSN: 16713664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11803-010-0018-0     Document Type: Article

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