Strong Ground Motion Seismology

Strong Ground Motion Seismology
Title Strong Ground Motion Seismology PDF eBook
Author Mustafa Erdik
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Pages 630
Release 1987-07-31
Genre Nature
ISBN 9789027725325

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Ankara, Turkey, June 10-21, 1985

Strong Motion

Strong Motion
Title Strong Motion PDF eBook
Author Jonathan Franzen
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages 536
Release 2010-08-30
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1429957824

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Louis Holland arrives in Boston in a spring of ecological upheaval (a rash of earthquakes on the North Shore) and odd luck: the first one kills his grandmother. Louis tries to maintain his independence, but falls in love with a Harvard seismologist whose discoveries about the earthquakes' cause complicate everything.

Seismic Strong Motion Synthetics

Seismic Strong Motion Synthetics
Title Seismic Strong Motion Synthetics PDF eBook
Author Bruce Bolt
Publisher Elsevier
Pages 337
Release 2012-12-02
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 0323155472

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Seismic Strong Motion Synthetics describes the methods of modeling the production of strong seismic ground motions by realistic seismic sources. Organized into six chapters, this book highlights the different ways of numerical treatment and the available computationally rapid and conceptually simple algorithms. The introductory chapter describes the intense bursts of radiation emitted during sudden changes in the rupture-front velocity occurring when the zone of slip reaches regions of differing stress drop. This topic is followed by an overview of the observations of seismic waves close to the fault and a discussion on the application of kinematic dislocation models to the synthesis of strong ground motion, such as the representation theorem and methods of theoretical and semi-empirical synthesis. A chapter deals with dynamic shear cracks with an emphasis on numerical modeling of complete three-dimensional, spontaneous rupture processes not only in an infinite, homogeneous medium but also in a homogeneous half-space or horizontally layered medium. This book also describes a tool capable of synthesizing strong motion records from a basic understanding of fault mechanics and seismic-wave propagation in the earth. The text further examines the calculation of ground motions at locations near to large earthquakes. The concluding chapter explores the methods of computing the motions that result from elastic waves propagating through complex structures. This book is an advanced text on numerical modeling for use in graduate and upper-division courses in physics, geophysics, and earthquake engineering.

Directions in Strong Motion Instrumentation

Directions in Strong Motion Instrumentation
Title Directions in Strong Motion Instrumentation PDF eBook
Author Polat Gülkan
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 315
Release 2006-01-14
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 1402038127

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Strong ground motion measuring and recording instruments play a major role in mitigation of seismic risk. The strong ground motion near the source of an earthquake describes the effects that endanger our built environment, and is also the most detailed clue concerning the source mechanism of the earthquake. The range of complexity that engulfs our understanding of the source parameters of a major earthquake (extent of the source mechanism, stress drop, wave propagation patterns) and how buildings and other works of construction respond to ground-transmitted dynamic effects may be overpowered by improved direct observations. Strong motion seismographs provide the information that enables scientists and engineers to resolve the many issues that are intertwined with practical problems of building safe communities worldwide. They may be installed as arrays close to major fault zones, consisting of many instruments arranged in some geometrical pattern, or in the vicinity and mounted on buildings. This book, which contains papers by invited authorities, represents a unique interaction between seismologists and earthquake engineers who examine issues of mutual concern in an overlapping area of major interest. The papers have been grouped around three major areas. -Seismic Hazard and Extreme Motions -Engineering Uses of Strong Motion Seismograms -Arrays and Observations.

Reading and Interpreting Strong Motion Accelerograms

Reading and Interpreting Strong Motion Accelerograms
Title Reading and Interpreting Strong Motion Accelerograms PDF eBook
Author Donald E. Hudson
Publisher
Pages 120
Release 1979
Genre Accelerograms
ISBN

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Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey Strong-motion Records

Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey Strong-motion Records
Title Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey Strong-motion Records PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 42
Release 1990
Genre Earthquake intensity
ISBN

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Catalog of Seismograms and Strong-motion Records

Catalog of Seismograms and Strong-motion Records
Title Catalog of Seismograms and Strong-motion Records PDF eBook
Author Leslie D. Morris
Publisher
Pages 80
Release 1977
Genre Seismology
ISBN

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