Stochastic characteristics of seismic excitations at a non-uniform (rock and soil) site

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1261-1284

  Zerva, A ^a   Stephenson, W R ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL VALLEYS; BRIDGE RESPONSE; COMPLEX WAVES; DENSE ARRAYS; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE EXCITATION; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HORIZONTAL MOTION; IRREGULAR TOPOGRAPHY; LOW AND HIGH FREQUENCIES; LOW FREQUENCY; NEW ZEALAND; POWER-SPECTRA; PROPAGATION PATTERN; SEDIMENT BASIN; SEISMIC EXCITATIONS; SEISMIC GROUND MOTIONS; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SITE CONDITIONS; SOFT ROCKS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; STOCHASTIC CHARACTERISTIC; SURROUNDING SOFT ROCK; TIME WINDOWS;

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; POWER SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL DENSITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WAVES; VEHICLE ROUTING; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ROCKS;

BRIDGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STOCHASTICITY; STRONG MOTION; SURFACE WATER; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAINUIOMATA; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

EID: 79958041555     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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