Ground-motion prediction (attenuation) models predict the probability distributions of spectral acceleration values for a specified earthquake event. These models provide only marginal distributions, however; they do not specify correlations among spectral accelerations with differing periods or orientations. In this article a large number of strong ground motions are used to empirically estima...

The triple impulse input is used as a simplified version of the forward-directivity near-fault ground motion and a closed-form solution of the elastic–plastic response of a structure by this triple input is obtained. It is noteworthy that only the free-vibration appears under such triple impulse input. An almost critical excitation is defined and its response is derived. The energy approach pla...

The nationwide strong-motion seismograph network of K-NET and KiK-net in Japan successfully recorded the strong ground motions of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence, which show the several notable characteristics. For the first large earthquake with a JMA magnitude of 6.5 (21:26, April 14, 2016, JST), the large strong motions are concentrated near the epicenter and the strong-motion attenuat...

Experiments explore the influence of different C-H stretching eigenstates of CH3D on the reaction of CH3D with Cl(2P3/2). We prepare the mid |110>|0>(A1,E), mid |200>|>0(E), and mid |100>|0> +nu3 +nu5 eigenstates by direct midinfrared absorption near 6000 cm(-1). The vibrationally excited molecules react with photolytic Cl atoms, and we monitor the vibrational states of the CH2D or CH3 radical ...

Ground Motion Definition Earthquake events and realized earthquake ground motions are extremely uncertain even with the present knowledge, and it is not easy to predict forthcoming events precisely both in time and frequency (Anderson and Bertero, 1987; Takewaki et al., 1991; 2013; 2011a; Conte et al., 1992; Ariga et al., 2006; Minami et al., 2013; Çelebi et al., 2014). For example, recently re...

Rotational band structures in Dy were studied by projectile inelastic excitation on a Sn target at near-barrier energies. States with spin up to 24(22) of the ground-state band and 18(18) of the g-vibrational band in Dy(Dy) were populated in these reactions. States with spin spanning from 8 to 20 of the rotationally aligned S band in Dy were populated by way of its band-crossing point with the ...

Complete chattering occurs when a structure undergoes theoretically infinite sequence of impacts in finite time, that eventually bring the to state persistent (continuous) contact. This study investigates conditions under which rigid rocking block complete subjected sinusoidal ground excitation. The analysis explains how acceleration amplitude excitation affects time. It also proves there exist...

We discuss the spectroscopy of the recently discovered exotic baryons as pentaquark qq̄ configurations. The ground state pentaquark configuration depends on the interplay between spin-flavor and orbital contributions to the mass operator. A simple calculation in an algebraic model gives a ground state antidecuplet pentaquark with isospin I = 0 and negative parity. The lowest pentaquark with posi...

The USGS National Strong Motion Program (NSMP), in cooperation with 17 partners, currently operates a permanent network of more than 675 digital and 265 analog strong motion instruments. These recorders, each with 3 to 18 channels of data, are located at 673 sites, including ground motion reference sites and structural arrays, distributed throughout 32 states and Puerto Rico. About half of thes...