Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions

April 19, 2012 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions
NCHRP Synthesis 428 - Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions

NCHRP Synthesis 428 - Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions

A new synthesis report by the NCHRP aims to identify the current state of the practice in site-specific earthquake design.

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 428: Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions identifies and describes current practice and available methods for evaluating the influence of local ground conditions on earthquake design ground motions on a site-specific basis. The report focuses on evaluating the response of soil deposits to strong ground shaking.

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