Interferometric analysis of strong ground motion for structural health monitoring: The example of the L'Aquila, Italy, seismic sequence of 2009

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 635-651

  Picozzi, M ^a   Parolai, S ^a   Mucciarelli, M ^b   Milkereit, C ^a   Bindi, D ^a   Ditommaso, R ^b   Vona, M ^b   Gallipoli, M R ^b   Zschau, J ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE; CIVIL STRUCTURE; DATA SETS; FUNDAMENTAL RESONANCE FREQUENCY; QUALITY FACTORS; RAPID RESPONSE; RECORDING SYSTEMS; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; S TRANSFORMS; SEISMIC PHASIS; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; STRONG GROUND MOTION; VELOCITY VARIATIONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

ACCELEROMETERS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; INTERFEROMETRY; MAINTAINABILITY; RESONANCE; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ACCELEROMETER; AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; INTERFEROMETRY; Q FACTOR; S-WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; STRONG MOTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 79953059380     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100070     Document Type: Article

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