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http://dx.doi.org/10.5000/EESK.2011.15.5.001

Efficient Method for Selecting Ground Motions with a Mean Response Spectrum Matching a Target Spectrum  

Han, Sang-Whan (한양대학교 건축공학과)
Seok, Seung-Wook (한양대학교 대학원)
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Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea / v.15, no.5, 2011 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper proposes an efficient method for selecting ground motions with the mean response spectrum matching a target spectrum. Since former studies reported that the shape and amplitude of the response spectra can be treated independently for selecting ground motions, this study first selects ground motions such that the shape of their mean response spectrum matches that of the target spectrum, then scales the ground motions. To select the ground motions best matching the shape of the target response spectrum, the standard deviation of the difference between the target response spectrum and the mean response spectrum of the selected ground motions needs to be minimized. Unlike the existing procedure, the scaling factor can be computed without iteration. Based on the selection results of 7 ground motions from a library of 40 ground motions, the proposed method is verified as an accurate and efficient method.
Keywords
Efficient method; Ground motion records selection; Target spectrum; Shape; Scaling;
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