Journal
SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 234-243Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.01.020
Keywords
Velocity pulse; Pulse-like record; Near-fault motions; Development length of velocity; Earthquake engineering
Funding
- Doctoral Scholarships Program of the Department of Science and Technology of Universidad Tecnologica Nacional (Argentina)
- Regional Center of Technological Development for Construction, Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (CeReDeTeC)
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Near-fault seismic ground motions are frequently characterized by intense velocity and displacement pulses of relatively long periods that clearly distinguish them from typical far-field ground motions. Intense velocity pulse motions can affect adversely the seismic performance of structures. In response to the realization of the importance of near-fault motions on structural performance, a number of studies have been directed to developing procedures for the identification of ground motions containing velocity pulses. The present paper reviews these studies briefly and presents a simple and efficient procedure to identify pulse-like ground motions based on a new parameter called development length of velocity time history. The procedure is applied to a representative series of records, and the results show positive efficiency to identify pulse-like ground motions at low computational cost.
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