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Response-Spectrum-Compatible Ground Motion Processes

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Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering

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Artificial accelerograms; Earthquake modelling; Gaussian process; Nonstationary earthquakes; Simulation; Stochastic; Spectrum compatible

Introduction

Several problems of engineering interest require the use of ground motion time histories to analyze and design relevant structures. Recorded and artificial time histories can be both used for this purpose. The use of recorded time histories presents certainly some benefits but they might provide misleading information if used without appropriate consideration. As also it is rarely possible to collect a sufficient number of records in a given location, the use of artificial time histories presents a valuable strategy for the seismic analysis and design of structures. The use of artificial earthquakes is allowed by international seismic codes (see e.g., Eurocode 8 2010). On the other hand, seismic codes do not provide the method to follow in order to generate artificial accelerograms, but provide only general conditions to be...

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  1. School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, Mithras House, Lewes Rd, BN2 4AT, Brighton, UK

    Pierfrancesco Cacciola & Laura D’Amico

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Correspondence to Pierfrancesco Cacciola .

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Cacciola, P., D’Amico, L. (2015). Response-Spectrum-Compatible Ground Motion Processes. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_325

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