contrary to the long period ground motions that can be predicted and estimated, high frequency ground motions have random character and behave stochastically. stochastic modeling methods are usually used for the modeling of high frequency ground motions where there are not strong ground motion records. stochastic methods are of two kinds: in the first one, the seismic source is considered as a ...

For performance-based design, nonlinear dynamic structural analysis using various types of input ground motions is required. Stochastic (simulated) ground motions are sometimes useful as input motions, because their properties can be varied systematically to study the impact of ground-motion properties on structural response, and producing large numbers of ground motions is simple. This paper d...

The use of ground-motion-prediction equations to estimate ground shaking has become a very popular approach for seismic-hazard assessment, especially in the framework of a logic-tree approach. Owing to the large number of existing published ground-motion models, however, the selection and ranking of appropriate models for a particular target area often pose serious practical problems. Here we s...

We use the spectral-element method to simulate strong ground motion throughout the Taipei metropolitan area. Mesh generation for the Taipei basin poses two main challenges: (1) the basin is surrounded by steep mountains, and (2) the city is located on top of a shallow, low-wave-speed sedimentary basin. To accommodate the steep and rapidly varying topography, we introduce a thin high-resolution ...

During the recent earthquakes, the vertical component of the ground motion found to be exceeding the horizontal component, which directly contradicts the current codal provision that assumes the value of the vertical ground motion to be 1/2 to 2/3 of the horizontal component. Almost after every destructive earthquake engineers postulates that the structural damage such as elephant foot buckling...

The paper is an analysis of buildings behavior during strong earthquakes, considering the modifications of the structural dynamic characteristics due to strong earthquake generated damages. The study is focused on the difference in a building behavior, function of the mode the structure is situated relative to the seismic ground motion from the spectral point of view: below resonance or above r...