This book presents state-of-the-art information on seismic ground response analysis, and is not only very valuable and useful for practitioners but also for researchers.
The topics covered are related
to the stages of analysis: 1. Input parameter selection, by reviewing
the in-situ and laboratory tests used to determine dynamic soil
properties as well as the methods to compile and model the dynamic soil
properties from literature; 2. Input ground motion; 3. Theoretical
background on the equations of motion and methods for solving them; 4.
The mechanism of damping and how this is modeled in the equations of
motions; 5. Detailed analysis and discussion of results of selected case
studies which provide valuable information on the problem of seismic
ground response analysis from both a theoretical and practical point of
view.