·Processing
and analysis of strong motion records of the Israel accelerograph network;
·Analytical
and experimental estimations of seismic site-response and amplification
effects
from recordings of microtremors,
weak earthquakes and strong motions;
·Spatial
correlation analysis of microtremors for assessment of a near-surface velocity
structure;
·Theoretical
analysis of a stochastic rupture directivity model and experimental estimations
of the directivity effect for the Middle East earthquakes, with application
to earthquake hazard evaluation.
PUBLICATIONS:
Gitterman,
Y. and A. Shapira, 1997. A Study of Site-Response from Strong Motion Records.
Abstracts of the 29th General Assembly of the International Association
of Seismology and Physics of the Earth Interior, August 18-28, 1997, Thessaloniki,
Greece.
Gitterman,
Y. and Shapira, A., 1997. Evaluation of site-response from Israel strong
motion records. Abstracts of Annual Conference of the Israel Geological
Society, Kefar Giladi, 15-17 April, 1997.
Gitterman,
Y., Shapira, A., Zaslavsky, Y. and Peled, U., 1996. Preliminary analysis
ofstrong motion records of the Nueba
(Egypt) 22.11.95 earthquake and the site-effects in Eilat, Israel. Abstracts
of the XXV ESC General Assembly, 9-14September,
1996, Reykjavik, Iceland, p.96.
Gitterman,
Y., Zaslavsky, Y., Shapira, A. and V. Shtivelman, 1996. Empirical siteresponse
evaluations: case studies in Israel, Soil Dynamics and EarthquakeEngineering,
Elsevier, 15, p. 447-463.
Gitterman,
Y., 1996. Probabilistic PGA estimation at the Parsa site. IPRG Rep. No.
558/73/96 (1),
pp.9.
Gitterman,
Y., Shapira, A. and Peled, U., 1996. Analysis of strong motion recordsof
the 22.11.95
Nuweiba earthquake and its aftershocks. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting
of the Israel Geological Society, Eilat, 18-21 March 1996.
Gitterman,
Y. and Hofstetter A., 1995. Rupture directivity analysis of Dead Searift
events.Abstracts
of the Annual Meeting of the Israel Geological Society
at Zichron Yaakov, March 1995.
Gitterman,
Y., Zaslavsky. Y and A.Shapira, 1994. Estimation of siteresponse
by weak motion measurements: experiments in Israel.
Abstracts of ESC XXIV General Assembly, Athens, 1994.
Gitterman,
Y., Y. Zaslavsky and A. Shapira, 1994. Analysis of strong motuin records
in Israel, Earthquake Emgineering, Rutenberg (ed.), Balkema, Potterdam,
p. 109-118.
Gitterman,
Y., E. Levy, A. Shapira, 1993. Development of spectralmethods
for hazard reduction of seismic activity from quarry blasts, Ahitzuv, 22,
1993 (In Hebrew).