A Review of the Discrete Wavenumber Method Page 1 A Review of the Discrete Wavenumber
Method MICHEL BOUCHON 1 Abstract — We present a review of the discrete wavenumber …

The purpose of this paper is to take a comprehensive look at site effects in Mexico City for
the 1985 Michoacan earthquake. We examine, successively, 1D and 2D models. For the …

The spectral ratio technique is a common useful way to estimate empirical transfer function
to evaluates site effects in regions of moderate to high seismicity. The purpose of this paper …

A simple, yet effective, analytical model is proposed for the representation of near-field
strong ground motions. The model adequately describes the impulsive character of near …

In finite-fault modeling of earthquake ground motions, a large fault is divided into N
subfaults, where each subfault is considered as a small point source. The ground motions …

This paper examines in depth the transient rocking response of free-standing rigid blocks
subjected to physically realizable trigonometric pulses. First, the expressions for the dynamic …

Accurate ground motion prediction requires detailed site effect assessment, but in urban
areas where such assessments are most important, geotechnical surveys are difficult to …

A composite source model is presented for convolution with synthetic Green's functions, in
order to synthesize strong ground motions due to a complex rupture process of a large …

In this paper the efficiency of various dissipative mechanisms to protect structures from pulse‐
type and near‐source ground motions is examined. Physically realizable cycloidal pulses …

The concept of seismic protection by lengthening the fundamental period of the structure has
been implemented through a number of isolation systems. While flexible isolation systems …