Non-ergodic site response in seismic hazard analysis

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1385-1414

  Stewart, Jonathan P ^a   Afshari, Kioumars ^a   Goulet, Christine A ^b  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC RESPONSE; STATISTICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GLOBAL DATABASE; GROUND MOTION MODEL; GROUND MOTION RECORDING; ONE DIMENSIONAL WAVE PROPAGATION; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SOIL NONLINEARITY; STANDARD DEVIATION;

HAZARDS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SITE EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 85044961512     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/081716EQS135M     Document Type: Article

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