This study presents a preliminary calibration of a large-scale seismological model of the MW 6.6 Niigata-Ken Chuetsu-Oki (Japan) earthquake of July, 16th 2007. The strong [...]

The evaluation of spatial variability of earthquake ground motion plays a crucial role in several applications of earthquake engineering, typically for the seismic analys [...]

The Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) only relying on ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs) tends to be insufficiently constrained at short distances and [...]

In the framew work of a reseearch cooperaation between Politecnico ddi Milano, Itally, and Municch Re, Germanny, 3D physiccsbased numeriical simulationns are carried out, [...]

Non-conforming techniques as the Mortar spectral Element Method (MSEM) or the Discontinuous Galerkin Spectral Element Method (DGSEM) are variational approaches to discret [...]

Seismic design of buried structures is mainly based on the evaluation of the ground-motion induced strain field, and of the related seismic action effects on the structur [...]

The set of experiments carried out at the Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, is a unique opportunity to analyze the seismic behaviour of shallow foundations [...]

The reliability of long-period ground motion from digital strong motion data is first explored using records from co-located broadband and digital strong motion instrumen [...]