Sun Xiaodan
Michael Beer
Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou
Edoardo Patelli
Ivan Siu-Kui Au
Sanaz Rezaeian
2014
<p><span>Strong earthquake ground motion records are fundamental in engineering applications. Ground motion time series are used in </span><span class="ExternalRef"><a href="http://link.springer.com/search?facet-content-type=ReferenceWorkEntry&query=response-history%20dynamic%20analysis"><span class="RefSource">response-history dynamic analysis</span></a></span><span> of structural or geotechnical systems. In such analysis, the validity of predicted responses depends on the validity of the input excitations. Ground motion records are also used to develop </span><span class="ExternalRef"><a href="http://link.springer.com/search?facet-content-type=ReferenceWorkEntry&query=ground%20motion%20prediction%20equations"><span class="RefSource">ground motion prediction equations</span></a></span><span>(GMPEs) for intensity measures such as spectral accelerations that are used in </span><span class="ExternalRef"><a href="http://link.springer.com/search?facet-content-type=ReferenceWorkEntry&query=response-spectrum%20dynamic%20analysis"><span class="RefSource">response-spectrum dynamic analysis</span></a></span><span>. Despite the thousands of available strong ground motion records, there remains a shortage of records for large-magnitude earthquakes at short distances or in specific regions, as well as records that sample specific combinations of source, path, and site characteristics.</span></p>
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10.1007/978-3-642-36197-5_239-1
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Stochastic ground motion simulation
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