A nonlinear site-amplification model for the next pan-European ground-motion prediction equations

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-32

  Sandikkaya, M Abdullah ^a   Akkar, Sinan ^a   Bard, Pierre Yves ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

And standard deviations; Regression coefficients; Tables of database statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROGRAMS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DATABASE STATISTICS; EMPIRICAL DATA; EUROCODE 8; EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONS; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; SOIL BEHAVIORS; SOIL EFFECTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; STRONG-MOTION;

AMPLIFICATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EQUATION; GROUND MOTION; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84873502275     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120008     Document Type: Article

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