Abstract: An empirical scaling equation is presented for pseudorelative velocity (PSV) spectral amplitudes in terms of earthquake magnitude, source‐to‐station representative distance, component direction, and local site. Each local ...

Abstract: The wave propagation behavior in an elastic wedge-shaped medium, with a circular canyon at its vertex, has been studied. In particular, an analytic closed-form solution has been derived and solved for the case of plane ...

Abstract: Two‐dimensional continuous models have been used to investigate the effects of the propagation of seismic waves into buildings with shear walls at the ends and with a central core. Neglecting the soil‐structure interaction, ...

Abstract: The 2D scattering and diffraction of plane shear horizontal waves by a surface semicircular canyon on top of an underground circular unlined tunnel (cavity) in a homogeneous elastic half-space has been analyzed. Using an ...