Abstract: The small-strain damping ratio (Dmin) is a key parameter in site response models and using values from laboratory tests tends to overpredict the site response because laboratory tests cannot capture the wave scattering ...

Abstract: High-resolution displacement observations of lateral spreading from optical image correlation are available for the 2011 Christchurch (Mw=6.2), New Zealand, earthquake, and these data were used to provide insights into the ...