ABSTRACT A summary of methodologies to estimate local site effects of geology and
topography on strong ground motion during earthquakes is presented. Some canonical …

We review the application of boundary integral equation (BIE) methods to elastic wave
propagation problems. BIE methods express the wavefield as an integral equation defined …

A spectral element method for the approximate solution of linear elastodynamic equations,
set in a weak form, is shown to provide an efficient tool for simulating elastic wave …

A simplified indirect boundary-element method (BEM) is presented. It is used to compute the
seismic response of three-dimensional alluvial valleys under incident P, S, and Rayleigh …

This paper is concerned with the problem of soil amplification and structural damage due to
local site conditions in sedimentary valleys during earthquakes. It focuses on a small valley …

Modeling of seismic-wave propagation in anisotropic medium with irregular topography is
beneficial to interpret seismic data acquired by active and passive source seismology …

We propose a methodology to analyze three‐dimensional (3D) nonlinear soil–structure
interaction (SSI) problems for Rayleigh (R) wave incidence in horizontally layered soils. The …

Although many numerical and instrumental studies over the last decades have focused on
studying the effects of subsurface geometry on seismic ground motion, it has not yet been …

The computational accuracy and efficiency of finite element method and spectral element
method (SEM) are investigated thoroughly in time-domain elastic wavefield modeling. The …

River valley topography will cause local amplification effect and significant spatial variation
effect of ground motion. In this paper, an indirect boundary element method (IBEM) is …