Some Contributions of the Neo-Deterministic Seismic Hazard Assessment Approach to Earthquake Risk Assessment for the City of Sofia

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 521-541

  Paskaleva, Ivanka ^a   Kouteva Guentcheva, Mihaela ^a   Vaccari, Franco ^b,c   Panza, Giuliano F ^b,c  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

damage index and vulnerability; earthquake scenario; ground motion modelling; neo deterministic hybrid approach; seismic demand; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE INDEX; EARTHQUAKE SCENARIO; GROUND MOTION MODELLING; NEO-DETERMINISTIC HYBRID APPROACH; SEISMIC DEMANDS; SEISMIC HAZARDS;

DAMAGE DETECTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; HAZARDS; PIPE; RATING; SEISMIC DESIGN;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LIQUEFACTION; PENETRATION TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STRONG MOTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BULGARIA; SOFIA;

EID: 79952739782     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0127-8     Document Type: Article

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