Pitfalls of deterministic application of nonlinear site factors in probabilistic assessment of ground motions

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 541-555

  Goulet, Christine A ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^b  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS;

ENGINEERING INTERESTS; INTENSITY MEASURE; NONLINEAR COMPONENTS; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; REFERENCE SITES; SITE CONDITIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NONLINEARITY; PROBABILITY; RETURN PERIOD; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251613031     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.3159006     Document Type: Article

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