Ground Motion in Kuwait from Regional and Local Earthquakes: Potential Effects on Tall Buildings

Abstract In recent years, the construction of tall buildings has been increasing in many countries, including Kuwait and other Gulf states. These tall buildings are especially sensitive to ground shaking due to long period seismic surface waves. Although Kuwait is relatively aseismic,...

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Main Authors: Gu, Chen, Prieto, Germán A, Al-Enezi, Abdullah, Al-Jeri, Farah, Al-Qazweeni, Jamal, Kamal, Hasan, Kuleli, Sadi, Mordret, Aurélien, Büyüköztürk, Oral, Toksöz, M. N
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131414