A Method for Selecting Ground Motions Considering Target Response Spectrum Mean, Variance and Correlation – I Algorithm

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Whan Han ◽  
◽  
Seong Jin Ha ◽  
Sun Wook Cho
1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Barenberg

The validity of evaluating the inelastic response of a structure subjected to an artificial accelerogram in lieu of a suite of eight recorded ground motions is determined by analyzing the inelastic response of single-degree-of-freedom oscillators over a range of frequencies from 1.0 to 10.0 Hz. A normalization procedure to minimize the dispersion in the ductility response of the oscillators subjected to the recorded ground motions is investigated. The artificial accelerogram is derived by superimposing closely spaced sine waves in order to match a target response spectrum. The results show that the artificial accelerogram is expected to produce the same amount of damage as the average of the recorded strong ground motions for structures with an initial frequency of less than 5.0 Hz and close to the average for the entire suite of ground motions for structures with frequencies greater then 5.0 Hz.


Author(s):  
Akira Sone ◽  
Ichiro Ichihashi ◽  
Arata Masuda

A number of artificial earthquake ground motions compatible with time-frequency characteristics of recorded actual earthquake ground motions as well as the given target response spectrum are generated using wavelet transform. The coefficient of variation (C.O.V..) of maximum displacement on elasto-plastic SDOF systems excited by these artificial ground motions are numerically evaluated.


2014 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 889-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Whan Han ◽  
Seong Jin Ha ◽  
Seung Wook Seok

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 797-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirmal Jayaram ◽  
Ting Lin ◽  
Jack W. Baker

Dynamic structural analysis often requires the selection of input ground motions with a target mean response spectrum. The variance of the target response spectrum is usually ignored or accounted for in an ad hoc manner, which can bias the structural response estimates. This manuscript proposes a computationally efficient and theoretically consistent algorithm to select ground motions that match the target response spectrum mean and variance. The selection algorithm probabilistically generates multiple response spectra from a target distribution, and then selects recorded ground motions whose response spectra individually match the simulated response spectra. A greedy optimization technique further improves the match between the target and the sample means and variances. The proposed algorithm is used to select ground motions for the analysis of sample structures in order to assess the impact of considering ground-motion variance on the structural response estimates. The implications for code-based design and performance-based earthquake engineering are discussed.


DYNA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 88 (217) ◽  
pp. 228-236
Author(s):  
Cristian Soriano Camelo ◽  
Samuel Felipe Mollepaza Tarazona ◽  
Maria Cascão Ferreira de Almeida ◽  
Márcio de Souza Soares de Almeida ◽  
Ricardo Garske Borges

Brazil is in an intraplate area of low to moderate seismicity, this means that few or no records of strong ground motions are available. Part of the site response analysis and seismic design of structures require the use of acceleration time-histories compatible with a specified target response spectrum. This study aims to utilize methodologies based on the use of existing earthquake records from a well-known database and synthetic accelerograms to obtain ground motions representative of the Brazilian Southeast Region, particularly in the offshore Campos Basin. Information from a probabilistic seismic hazard assessment performed in the interest area was employed as input to the methodologies applied in terms of target response spectrum and the dominant earthquake scenarios. Besides, the acceleration time-histories of two relatively recent earthquakes that occurred in the Brazilian Southeast were used to apply one of the approaches to obtain a synthetic spectrum compatible accelerogram.


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