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Efficient and accurate procedure for selecting ground motions matching target response spectrum

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Linear and nonlinear response history analyses have become popular in seismic design and seismic performance evaluation procedures. The accuracy of analysis results depends not only on the accurate analytic models for structures but also on the proper selection of input ground motions. The purpose of this study is to develop a computationally efficient and accurate procedure for selecting ground motions considering the target response spectrum mean and variance, and the correlations between response spectra of different periods. In this procedure, a number of response spectra are simulated equal to the number of ground motions to be selected, using a Monte Carlo simulation. Subsequently, ground motions are selected from a ground motion library to individually match the simulated response spectra, using the proposed selection procedure. This procedure is computationally efficient and accurate in selecting a ground motion that best matches a simulated response spectrum and in determining a scaling factor for the selected ground motion. In order to further improve the selection result, multiple sets of simulated response spectra are considered. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed procedure are verified with numerical examples.

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The work presented in this paper was sponsored by National Research Foundation of Korea (No. 2012R1A2A2A06045129) and (No. 2011-0028552).

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  1. Department of Architectural Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, Korea

    Sang Whan Han & Seong Jin Ha

  2. Department of Architectural Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, Korea

    Seung Wook Seok

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Han, S.W., Ha, S.J. & Seok, S.W. Efficient and accurate procedure for selecting ground motions matching target response spectrum. Nonlinear Dyn 78, 889–905 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-014-1484-0

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