Seismic hazard assessment (2003-2009) for the Italian building code

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1885-1911

  Stucchi, Massimiliano ^a   Meletti, Carlo ^a   Montaldo, Valentina ^a   Crowley, Helen ^b   Calvi, Gian Michele ^a   Boschi, Enzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN SPECTRUM; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; INPUT MODELS; LOGIC TREE; MEDIAN VALUE; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDANCE; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; WORKING GROUPS;

BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HAZARDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING CODE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK ACCELERATION; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

AQUILA;

EID: 79961151692     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100130     Document Type: Article

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