The ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY, GEOTECHNICAL AND STRUCTURAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY, GEOTECHNICAL AND STRUCTURAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING Edited by Sebastiano D`Amico Engineering Seismology, Geotechnical and Structural Earthquake Engineering http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/3361 Edited by Sebastiano D`Amico Contributors Babak Ebrahimian, Chris Mullen, Sayed Mohamed Hemeda, Vincenzo Gattulli, Alessandro Contento, Concettina Nunziata, Maria Rosaria Costanzo, Veronica Gambale, Won Sang Lee, Joohan Lee, Sinae Han, Alejandro Ramirez-Gaytán, Vitaly Yurtaev, Juan Carlos Vielma Perez, Alex Barbat, Ronald Ugel, Reyes Indira Herrera, Sebastiano D`Amico, Giuseppe Lombardo, Francesco Panzera, Pauline Galea Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Danijela Duric Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published March, 2013 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Engineering Seismology, Geotechnical and Structural Earthquake Engineering, Edited by Sebastiano D`Amico p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-1038-5 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com Contents Preface VII Section 1 Geophysical Techniques 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Seismic Hazard Analysis for Archaeological Structures — A Case Study for EL Sakakini Palace Cairo, Egypt 3 Sayed Hemeda The Use of Source Scaling Relationships in the Simulation of a Seismic Scenario in Mexico 35 Alejandro Gaytán, Carlos I. Huerta Lopez, Jorge Aguirre Gonzales and Miguel A. Jaimes Simulation of Near-Field Strong Ground Motions Using Hybrid Method 55 Babak Ebrahimian VS Crustal Models and Spectral Amplification Effects in the L’Aquila Basin (Italy) 79 M.R. Costanzo, C. Nunziata and V. Gambale Speedy Techniques to Evaluate Seismic Site Effects in Particular Geomorphologic Conditions: Faults, Cavities, Landslides and Topographic Irregularities 101 F. Panzera, G. Lombardo, S. D’Amico and P. Galea Seismic Ambient Noise and Its Applicability to Monitor Cryospheric Environment 147 Won Sang Lee, Joohan Lee and Sinae Han Seismic Behaviour of Monolithic Objects: A 3D Approach 157 Alessandro Contento, Daniele Zulli and Angelo Di Egidio ... - tailieumienphi.vn