An overlap in frequency between the 1D resonance frequency of sediments and the vibrational frequencies of long-span bridges might lead to a strongly increased structural response of the latter. Interference of surface waves caused by reflections at dipping interfaces may introduce additional...

The study was implemented in the framework of the DFNK (Deutsches Forschungsnetz Naturkatastrophen – German Research Network Natural Disasters) project. The area around the city of Cologne was chosen as an object for assessment of seismic hazard and risk. A comprehensive geo-database was...

This article deals with the study of optimum performance of isolated bridge systems under stochastic earthquake load considering uncertain system parameters. The conditional stochastic response quantities are obtained in random vibration framework using the state space formulation. Subsequently,...

Jerusalem was hit by earthquakes several times in its history, in the course of which none of the holy sites of the three main faiths of the western world escaped damage. Intensities of the last M<Subscript>L</Subscript> 6.2, July 11, 1927 Dead Sea earthquake, reached MSK VIII in the Old City of Jerusalem and the...</subscript>

The aim of this study is the comparison between the fundamental periods identified experimentally and those calculated using the formulas given in the Algerian Seismic Code (RPA 99) for vulnerability assessment and for experimental data collection of selected sample of old buildings. The results...

Ground response analysis (GRA) helps to assess the influence of the soil medium on the propagating shear waves and indicates about the characteristics of the waves reaching the ground surface from the bedrock level. Such a study becomes imperative for the urbanized alluvial banks of...

The seismic hazard study for Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir has been conducted by using probabilistic approach in terms of peak ground acceleration (PGA) in m/s<Superscript>2</Superscript> and also seismic hazard response spectra for different cities. A new version of Ambraseys et al. (Bull Earthq Eng 3:1–53, <CitationRef CitationID="CR6">2005</CitationRef>)...</citationref></superscript>

We perform a strong ground motion simulation using a modified semi-empirical technique (Midorikawa in Tectonophysics 218:287–295, <CitationRef CitationID="CR33">1993</CitationRef>), with frequency-dependent radiation pattern model. Joshi et al. (Nat Hazards 71:587–609, <CitationRef CitationID="CR21">2014</CitationRef>) have modified the semi-empirical technique to incorporate the...</citationref></citationref>

The semiempirical approach based on envelope summation method given by Midorikawa (Tectonophysics 218:287–295, <CitationRef CitationID="CR46">1993</CitationRef>) has been modified in this paper for modeling of strong motion generation areas (SMGAs). Horizontal components of strong ground motion have been simulated using modifications in...</citationref>