A method for generating fully non-stationary and spectrum-compatible ground motion vector processes

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-360

  Cacciola, Pierfrancesco ^a   Deodatis, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SPECTRAL DENSITY MATRIX; DESIGN APPLICATIONS; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; GAUSSIANITY; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND SURFACES; INPUT UNCERTAINTY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; NONSTATIONARY; PROBABILISTIC CHARACTERISTICS; SEISMIC CODE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STRONG NONLINEARITY; TIME HISTORY; UNIVERSAL METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTRAL DENSITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

GROUND MOTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 78650552131     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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