Peak and integral seismic parameters of L'Aquila 2009 ground motions: Observed versus code provision values

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-156

  Masi, A ^a   Chiauzzi, L ^a   Braga, F ^b   Mucciarelli, M ^a   Vona, M ^a   Ditommaso, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action design; Housner Intensity; L'Aquila earthquake; Seismic parameters; Strong motion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; EPICENTRAL DISTANCES; GROUND MOTION RECORDING; HOUSNER INTENSITY; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC PARAMETERS; STRONG MOTION; TIME-DOMAIN REPRESENTATION;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRONG MOTION;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 78751566799     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-010-9227-1     Document Type: Article

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