The high-frequency limit of usable response spectral ordinates from filtered analogue and digital strong-motion accelerograms

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1387-1401

  Akkar, Sinan ^a   Kale, Özkan ^a   Yenier, Emrah ^a   Bommer, Julian J ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Band pass filters; High cut filters; High frequency motion; Response spectra; Strong motion accelerograms; Usable frequency range

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; GRAPHIC METHODS; HIGH PASS FILTERS;

FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-CUT FILTERS; RESPONSE SPECTRA; STRONG-MOTION;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

ACCELERATION; DISPLACEMENT; GROUND MOTION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRONG MOTION;

EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 79961162664     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.1095     Document Type: Article

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