Nonlinear horizontal site amplification for constraining the NGA-West2 GMPEs

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1223-1240

  Kamai, Ronnie ^a   Abrahamson, Norman A ^b   Silva, Walter J ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c Pacific Engineering and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOILS;

HORIZONTAL GROUND MOTION; NON-LINEAR SCALING; NONLINEAR MATERIAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR SITE AMPLIFICATION; NONLINEAR SOILS; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SITE RESPONSE; SOIL PROFILES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AMPLITUDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SITE EFFECT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 84907553953     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/070113EQS187M     Document Type: Article

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