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Seismic Hazard Analysis

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This chapter highlights the significance of Ground Motion Prediction Equations to estimate the seismic hazard at a region based on earthquake magnitude and source to site distance. A glimpse of both deterministic and probabilistic approaches for hazard assessment is presented along with a discussion on the logic tree framework. This chapter also discuss seismic hazard case studies for India as reported by various researchers.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

    T. G. Sitharam

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab, India

    Naveen James

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Sreevalsa Kolathayar

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Sitharam, T.G., James, N., Kolathayar, S. (2018). Seismic Hazard Analysis. In: Comprehensive Seismic Zonation Schemes for Regions at Different Scales. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89659-5_3

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