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Earthquake Ground Motions for Seismic Damage Assessment and Re-Evaluation of Existing Buildings and Critical Facilities

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Damage Assessment and Reconstruction after War or Natural Disaster

This paper presents different methods that can be used to develop ground motion accelerograms that are compatible with a prescribe target response spectra in the seismic evaluation of buildings and critical facilities. Scalar multiplier methods, frequency domain and time domain spectral matching techniques are discussed. Seismic damage assessments are presented for elasto-plastic single-degree-of-freedom systems and an eight story concrete shear wall building. The results have been shown to be sensitive to the spectrum matching strategy used. For nonlinear analysis of ductile structures, time domain and frequency domain spectral matching are able to produce peak structural response parameters that are comparable for systems with period, T, ranging from 0.2 to 1.5 s. For longer periods (T ≥ 1.5 s) time domain spectral matching is preferred if no real accelerogram consistent with the site characteristics and with significant energy content in the period range of interests are available.

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Leger, P., Tremblay, R. (2009). Earthquake Ground Motions for Seismic Damage Assessment and Re-Evaluation of Existing Buildings and Critical Facilities. In: Ibrahimbegovic, A., Zlatar, M. (eds) Damage Assessment and Reconstruction after War or Natural Disaster. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2386-5_8

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