Ground Motion and Engineering Seismology

Content: 
Inside Front Cover
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Page v
A.S. Cakmak

Geotectonics and Earthquake Risks in Jordan
Pages 3-18
Y.M. Masannat

Seismic Hazard in the Eastern Mediterranean
Pages 19-44
M.Ö. Erdik, V. Doyuran

Space-Time Migration of Shallow Earthquakes in Eurasia and Implications for Earthquake Prediction
Pages 45-58
K. Kadinsky-Cade, M.N. Toksoz, A.A. Barka

Tectonics and Earthquake Risk of Iran
Pages 59-75
A.A. Nowroozi

The Seismicity of the Near East – Past and Present
Pages 77-88
A. Ben-Menahem

Scattering of Plane Harmonic Waves by Multiple Dipping Layers of Arbitrary Shape
Pages 91-105
M. Dravinski, T.K. Mossessian

Elastic Waves in Locally Inhomogeneous Layered Media
Pages 107-121
A.K. Mal, C.-C. Yin

Seismic Wave Transmission Across Unbonded Frictional Interfaces
Pages 123-139
J.-M. Doong, D.A. Mendelsohn

Site Amplification in Mexico City (Determined from 19 September 1985 Strong-Motion Records and from Recordings of Weak Motions)
Pages 141-151
M. Çelebi, C. Dietel, J. Prince, M. Onate, G. Chavez

Numerical Evaluation of Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Viscoelastic Media
Pages 153-166
J.M. Crepel, A. Pecker

Effect of Layering on the Transmission of Ground Vibration
Pages 167-179
M. Petyt, D.V. Jones

Behaviors of Alluvial Plain with Irregular Topography by the Wave Propagation
Pages 181-192
H. Yokoyama, I. Toriumi

Calculational Procedures for Seismic Hazard Analysis and its Uncertainty in the Eastern United States
Pages 195-206
G.R. Toro, R.K. McGuire

Tectonic Framework, Seismic Source Zones and Seismicity Parameters for the Eastern United States: An Application of the EPRI Methodology
Pages 207-218
C.T. Statton, R.C. Quittmeyer, T. Engelder, T. Turcotte, J. Kelleher

Comparison of Seismic Hazard Estimates Obtained by Using Alternative Seismic Hazard Methodologies
Pages 219-230
D.L. Bernreuter, J.B. Savy, R.W. Mensing

Ground Motion Relations for Eastern North American Earthquakes
Pages 231-241
O.W. Nuttli, R.B. Herrmann

A Methodology to Correct for Effect of the Local Site Characteristics in Seismic Hazard Analyses
Pages 243-255
J.B. Savy, D.L. Bernreuter, J.C. Chen

Some Aspects of the Dynamic Subsoil-Coupling between Circular and Rectangular Foundations
Pages 259-275
Th. Triantafyllidis

Surface Waves in a Layered Half-Space with Bending Stiffness
Pages 277-290
H.-B. Mühlhaus, Th. Triantafyllidis

Transient Behavior of Strip Foundations Resting on Different Soil Profiles by a Time Domain BEM
Pages 291-305
H. Antes, O. von Estorff

Frequency Domain Analysis of Two-Dimensional Wave Propagation with Applications to Earthquake Engineering
Pages 307-324
P.K. Hadley, A.S. Çakmak, S. Altay, A. Askar

Attenuation Analysis of High Frequency Seismic Waves in Randomly Heterogeneous Rock Media by Finite Difference Simulations
Pages 325-337
E. Faccioli, A. Tagliani

Green's Function for Layered Half-Space
Pages 339-345
A. Umek, A. àtrukelj

Modelling in Soil Dynamics by a Finite Domain with Respect to Transient Excitation
Pages 347-364
K.-H. Elmer, H.G. Natke, R. Thiede

Fast Fourier Bessel Transforms for Calculating the Green's Function for Semi-Infinite Soil Media
Pages 365-374
T. Kobori, K. Miura, T. Moroi, K. Masuda, F. Sasaki

Diffraction and Scattering Analysis of Surface Waves by Surficial Geology
Pages 375-393
G.L. Wojcik

A Simple Boundary Element Method Procedure to Solve the Diffraction of SH Waves in a Stratified Soil
Pages 395-407
F. Bettinali, R. Rangogni

Circular and Rectangular Foundations on Halfspace: Numerical Values of Dynamic Stiffness Functions
Pages 409-426
Th. Triantafyllidis, B. Prange, Ch. Vrettos

Boundary Element Applications in Soil Dynamics
Pages 427-445
C.A. Brebbia, W. Mansur

PGA, RMSA, PSDF, Duration, and MMI
Pages 449-465
F.K. Chang, A.G. Franklin

Irregular Ground Analysis to Interpret Time-Characteristics of Strong Motion Recorded in Mexico City during 1985 Mexico Earthquake
Pages 467-476
H. Kawase

Numerical Determination of Critical Hardening for Shear Band Localization in Geological Materials
Pages 477-491
J-G Beliveau, H. Ameziane-Hassani, J. Desrues

A Comparison of Published Ground Motion Parameters
Pages 493-502
A. Kropp

Shear Wave Induced Motions in Recorded Accelerograms
Pages 503-517
S. Sharma, J.L. Chameau

A Band-Limited, Windowed, White-Noise Process for Modeling Earthquake Motions
Pages 519-536
E. Safak

Ground Motion Input Through Equivalent Stationary Motion
Pages 537-549
J-S. Lin

Modelling Earthquake Ground Motions in Seismically Active Regions Using Parametric Time Series Methods
Pages 551-566
G.W. Ellis, A.S. Çakmak, J. Ledolter

Space-Time Variation of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion
Pages 567-580
Chin-Hsiung Loh

On the Attenuation of Macroseismic Intensity with Epicentral Distance
Pages 581-594
G. Grandori, F. Perotti, A. Tagliani

A Scaling Law of Source Parameters Associated with Strong-Motion Accelerograms
Pages 595-607
M. Kamiyama

A Non-Linear Site Response Analysis for Earthquake Loading Using an Explicit Time-Stepping Finite Element Code
Pages 609-621
J. Evans, S. Hendry, J.C. Miles, J. Pappin, R. Stubbs