Extending ground-motion prediction equations for spectral accelerations to higher response frequencies

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-399

  Bommer, Julian J ^a   Akkar, Sinan ^b   Drouet, Stéphane ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Geoter International ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Ground motion prediction equations; High frequency ground motion; Short response periods; Spectral acceleration

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROGRAMS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RESPONSE; RESPONSE FREQUENCY; SHORT RESPONSE PERIODS; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; SPECTRAL ORDINATES;

INTERPOLATION;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

ACCELERATION; BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857686741     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9304-0     Document Type: Article

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