Ground Motion Selection and Scaling in Practice

Authors

  • Leila Haj Najafi
    Affiliation

    Amirkabir University of Technology

  • Mohsen Tehranizadeh
    Affiliation

    Professor, Amirkabir University of Technology

https://doi.org/10.3311/PPci.7808

Abstract

This paper provides and evaluates a very simple and practical procedure for selecting ground motions in addition to compare two common scaling methods based on the uniform hazard spectrum (UHS) method and presents scale factors of the selected ground motions associated with these methods. Evaluation of the proposed approach of record selection demonstrates the efficiency of the proposed method. It also presents proper method of scaling for each soil condition and engineering demand parameter and the obtained scale factors could be utilized directly from this paper in the other studies in this field without any excessive calculational attempts.

Keywords:

Record Selection, Record Scaling, Uniform Hazard Spectrum, Efficiency, Soil Condition

Published Online

2015-04-08

How to Cite

Haj Najafi, L., Tehranizadeh, M. “Ground Motion Selection and Scaling in Practice”, Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, 59(2), pp. 233–248, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPci.7808

Issue

Section

Research Article