Reliability of VS,30 evaluation from surface-wave tests

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 579-586

  Comina, C ^a   Foti, S ^b   Boiero, D ^b   Socco, L V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake engineering; Seismic response; Site characterization; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION CURVES; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; FREQUENCY RANGES; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; INFORMATION CONTENTS; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; NONUNIQUENESS; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; SEISMIC METHODS; SEISMIC SITES; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CURVE FITTING; DISPERSION (WAVES); INVERSE PROBLEMS; RATING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STATISTICAL TESTS; SURFACE WAVES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; INVERSE PROBLEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 79958758279     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000452     Document Type: Article

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