Frequency variation in site response as observed from strong motion data of the L'Aquila (2009) seismic sequence

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 869-892

  Puglia, R ^a   Ditommaso, R ^b   Pacor, F ^a   Mucciarelli, M ^b   Luzi, L ^a   Bianca, M ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

1D modeling; Horizontal to vertical spectral ratio; S Transform; Standard spectral ratio; Strong motion; Subsoil non linearity

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SOILS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

1D MODELING; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; S TRANSFORMS; STRONG MOTION; SUBSOIL NON-LINEARITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AMPLIFICATION; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NOISE; NONLINEARITY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRONG MOTION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; VALLEY;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84943014415     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9266-2     Document Type: Article

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