PGA and structural dynamics input motion at a given site

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摘要 Thecomputationoftherepresentativegroundmotions,tobeusedasinputforthedynamicanalysesofastruc-tureataparticularsite,canbeapproachedbyseveralmethods.Thechoiceoftheapproachdependsontwofactors:theda-taavailableandthetypeofproblemtobesolved.Thispaperreportstheexperienceoftheauthorsinapproachingaspecificcasestudy:theSouthernMemnonColossus,locatedinLuxor,Egypt.Theresultsareofinterestwhenthehazardanalysisestimationindevelopingcountriesandthesafeguardofculturalheritageareconcerned.Monumentshavetobetreatedasimportantstructures,duetotheirhistoricalandeconomicalvalue.Hence,standardproceduresofprobabilisticseismichaz-ardanalysisfortheseismicclassificationofcommonbuildingshavetobedisregarded.Ontheotherhand,theconsequencesofthecollapseofamonumentarenotcomparabletothoserelatedtostructuressuchasnuclearpowerplantsandlargedams,forwhichthedeterministicseismichazardanalysisprovidesastraightforwardframeworkforevaluationoftheworstcaseone,isadopted.Itsstochasticcomponentcancapturesignificantcharacteristicsofearthquakes,primarilythefrequencycontentswhichdependonthemagnitude(oftenreferredtoastheearthquakescalinglaw).
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出版日期 2003年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)