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  • 1Ray tracing (physics) — In physics, ray tracing is a method for calculating the path of waves or particles through a system with regions of varying propagation velocity, absorption characteristics, and reflecting surfaces. Under these circumstances, wavefronts may bend …

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  • 2Seismic analysis — is a subset of structural analysis and is the calculation of the response of a building (or nonbuilding) structure to earthquakes. It is part of the process of structural design, earthquake engineering or structural assessment and retrofit (see… …

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  • 3Seismic shadowing — is a global effect of an earthquake. The seismic waves generated by an earthquake pass through the body of the Earth, but between 104° and 140° from the focus of an earthquake, little or no seismic waves can be detected. This is because primary… …

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  • 4Seismic performance analysis — or, simply, seismic analysis is an intellectual tool of earthquake engineering which breaks the complex topic into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of seismic performance of building and non building structures. The technique as a… …

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  • 5Ray|leigh wave — «RAY lee», a vertical, ripple like wave on or just below the surface of the earth, caused by seismic disturbances. ╂[< J. W. S. Rayleigh, 1842 1919, a British physicist, who first described it in 1900] …

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  • 6ray — Synonyms and related words: Reptilia, X ray, actinic ray, actinism, amplitude, antinode, atom, atomic beam, atomic ray, beam, beam of light, crest, de Broglie wave, diffraction, diffuse, diffusion, disperse, dispersion, drop, electromagnetic… …

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  • 7Focal mechanism — The focal mechanism of an earthquake describes the inelastic deformation in the source region that generates the seismic waves. In the case of a fault related event it refers to the orientation of the fault plane that slipped and the slip vector… …

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  • 8путь сейсмических волн — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN path of seismic wavesseismic rayseismic wave ray …

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  • 9направление сейсмического луча — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN ray path directionseismic ray directionseismic ray direction …

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  • 10Keith Bullen — Keith Edward Bullen (1906 1976) est un géophysicien britannique né en Nouvelle Zélande et mort en Australie. Après des études de mathématiques à l université de Cambridge (Angleterre), Keith Bullen entamait une carrière de sismologue en… …

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