Proposal for a soil classification based on parameters alternative or complementary to Vs,30

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1877-1898

  Luzi, L ^a   Puglia, R ^a   Pacor, F ^a   Gallipoli, M R ^b   Bindi, D ^a,c   Mucciarelli, M ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fundamental frequency; Ground motion prediction equation; Soil classification; Vs,30

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION RESPONSE; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; ELASTIC RESPONSE SPECTRA; ENGINEERING PROJECT; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; HAZARD MAP; SEISMIC CODE; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SITE EFFECTS; SOIL AMPLIFICATION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRONG MOTION DATUM;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FORECASTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SHEAR FLOW; SITE SELECTION; STATISTICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SOILS;

ACCELERATION; AMPLIFICATION; DATABASE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ITALY;

EID: 80855132882     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9274-2     Document Type: Article

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