Alain Pecker, Ezio Faccioli, Christophe Martin, Philippe L.A. Renault ... 172 pages - Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (May, 2017) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 3319581538 - ISBN-13: 978-3319581538.
This book presents a summary of the important outcomes of the SIGMA
project related to all aspects of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard
Assessment: source characterization, rock motion characterization, site
response characterization, and hazard calculations, with for all of them
emphasis on the treatment of uncertainties. In recent years,
attempts have been made to identify and quantify uncertainties in
seismic hazard estimations for regions with moderate seismicity. These
uncertainties, for which no estimation standards exist, create major
difficulties and can lead to different interpretations and divergent
opinions among experts. To address this matter, an international
research project was launched in January 2011, by an industrial
consortium composed of French and Italian organizations. This program,
named SIGMA (Seismic Ground Motion Assessment) lasted for five years and
involved a large number of international institutions. This book
is intended for instructors running courses on engineering seismology,
graduate students in the same field and practicing engineers involved
in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analyses.