Ground motion prediction equations derived from the Italian strong motion database

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1899-1920

  Bindi, D ^a,b   Pacor, F ^b   Luzi, L ^b   Puglia, R ^b   Massa, M ^b   Ameri, G ^b   Paolucci, R ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ground motion prediction equations; Italy; Strong motion

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; GROUND-SHAKING; ITALY; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; STRONG MOTION; TOTAL STANDARD DEVIATION;

FORECASTING;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

DATA SET; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; GROUND MOVEMENT; PEAK ACCELERATION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRONG MOTION;

ITALY;

EID: 80855130692     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9313-z     Document Type: Article

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