Selecting and Scaling of Energy-Compatible Ground Motion Records

We propose a novel spectra-matching framework, which employs a linear combination of raw ground motion records to generate artificial acceleration time histories perfectly matching a target spectrum, taking into account not only the acceleration but also the seismic input energy equivalent velocity....

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Main Authors: George Papazafeiropoulos, Manolis Georgioudakis, Manolis Papadrakakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Built Environment
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbuil.2019.00140/full
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description We propose a novel spectra-matching framework, which employs a linear combination of raw ground motion records to generate artificial acceleration time histories perfectly matching a target spectrum, taking into account not only the acceleration but also the seismic input energy equivalent velocity. This consideration is leading to optimum acceleration time histories which represent actual ground motions in a much more realistic way. The procedure of selection and scaling of the suite of ground motion records to fit a given target spectrum is formulated by means of an optimization problem. Characteristic ground motion records of different inherent nature are selected as target spectra, to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm. In order to assess the robustness and accuracy of the proposed methodology the seismic performance of single- and multi- degree of freedom structural systems has been also considered. The portion of the seismic input energy that is dissipated due to viscous damping action in the structure is quantified. It is shown that there exists a good agreement between the target and optimized spectra for the different matching scenarios examined, regardless of the nature of target spectra, demonstrating the reliability of the proposed methodology.
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spelling doaj.art-d9f662160ad1414997b065386ad8d2842022-12-22T03:41:16ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Built Environment2297-33622019-11-01510.3389/fbuil.2019.00140500284Selecting and Scaling of Energy-Compatible Ground Motion RecordsGeorge PapazafeiropoulosManolis GeorgioudakisManolis PapadrakakisWe propose a novel spectra-matching framework, which employs a linear combination of raw ground motion records to generate artificial acceleration time histories perfectly matching a target spectrum, taking into account not only the acceleration but also the seismic input energy equivalent velocity. This consideration is leading to optimum acceleration time histories which represent actual ground motions in a much more realistic way. The procedure of selection and scaling of the suite of ground motion records to fit a given target spectrum is formulated by means of an optimization problem. Characteristic ground motion records of different inherent nature are selected as target spectra, to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm. In order to assess the robustness and accuracy of the proposed methodology the seismic performance of single- and multi- degree of freedom structural systems has been also considered. The portion of the seismic input energy that is dissipated due to viscous damping action in the structure is quantified. It is shown that there exists a good agreement between the target and optimized spectra for the different matching scenarios examined, regardless of the nature of target spectra, demonstrating the reliability of the proposed methodology.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbuil.2019.00140/fullFast Fourier Transformgenetic algorithmartificial ground motion recordsseismic input energyselectionscaling
spellingShingle George Papazafeiropoulos
Manolis Georgioudakis
Manolis Papadrakakis
Selecting and Scaling of Energy-Compatible Ground Motion Records
Frontiers in Built Environment
Fast Fourier Transform
genetic algorithm
artificial ground motion records
seismic input energy
selection
scaling
title Selecting and Scaling of Energy-Compatible Ground Motion Records
title_full Selecting and Scaling of Energy-Compatible Ground Motion Records
title_fullStr Selecting and Scaling of Energy-Compatible Ground Motion Records
title_full_unstemmed Selecting and Scaling of Energy-Compatible Ground Motion Records
title_short Selecting and Scaling of Energy-Compatible Ground Motion Records
title_sort selecting and scaling of energy compatible ground motion records
topic Fast Fourier Transform
genetic algorithm
artificial ground motion records
seismic input energy
selection
scaling
url https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbuil.2019.00140/full
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