Methods for prediction of strong earthquake ground motion, volume 1
Abstract
The results of the work on characterization of strong earthquake ground motion are summarized. One application is for use in licensing and evaluation of operating nuclear power plants. Statistical analysis of strong motion accelerograms led to an equation in which Fourier spectral amplitudes of the accelerograms are functions of earthquake magnitude, epicentral distance, recording site conditions, and component direction. A similar equation was developed in which earthquake magnitude and epicentral distance were replaced with intensity. Empirical models from these equations can be used to estimate spectral shapes.
- Publication:
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California Univ., Los Angeles Report
- Pub Date:
- January 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978ucla.reptQ....T
- Keywords:
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- Earthquakes;
- Prediction Analysis Techniques;
- Probability Theory;
- Spectral Energy Distribution;
- Earth Movements;
- Earthquake Resistant Structures;
- Nuclear Power Plants;
- Seismic Waves;
- Geophysics