Automated parameterization of velocity pulses in near‐fault ground motions

Z Chang, H Wu, K Goda - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Proper parameterization of near‐fault ground motions is of critical importance in earthquake
engineering, and this process is traditionally performed by directly fitting an analytical pulse …

Stochastic simulation of velocity pulses of near-fault ground motions based on multivariate copula modeling

Y Peng, C Luo, C Qiu, F Kong - Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the featured high-amplitude, long-period pulses in velocity or displacement time–
history, the near-fault ground motion may have a stronger destructive effect on engineering …

Experimental and numerical study on isolated simply-supported bridges subjected to a fault rupture

J Yi, H Yang, J Li - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
To investigate the effects of fault crossing on the seismically isolated bridges, shake table
testing was conducted on a 1/10 scaled two-span simply-supported bridge model isolated …

Seismic performance of railway rocking hollow tall piers under near-fault ground motions

L Nie, L Jiang, W Zhou, X Wu, Z Lai, Y Feng - Soil Dynamics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Railway round-ended hollow tall piers are widely used in the high-intensity mountainous
areas of Southwest China. However, this gravity/tall pier based on the ductility design …

Probabilistic damage evaluation of base-isolated reinforced concrete structures under near-fault pulse-like bidirectional seismic excitations

T Nazarnezhad, H Naderpour - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In this article, seismic fragility of a base-isolated special Reinforced Concrete (RC) moment
frame is investigated under near-fault pulse-type ground motion records. The vulnerability of …

Effect of the high frequency components of near-fault ground motions on the response of linear and nonlinear SDOF systems: a moving average filtering approach

OF Yalcin, M Dicleli - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of the high frequency components of near fault ground motions
(NFGM) with forward rupture directivity effect (FRDE) on the seismic response of elastic and …

Seismic scenario reproduction and damage mechanism analysis of Liuhuanggou Bridge under near-fault earthquake

G Zhou, Z Zhu, Y Tang, W Xu, X Li, L Jiang - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2023 - Springer
Near-fault earthquakes can cause more intricate dynamic responses and potentially lead to
severe damage to bridge structures compared to far-field earthquakes. In January 8, 2022, a …

Seismic fragility assessment of cable-stayed bridges crossing fault rupture zones

J Guo, Y Gu, W Wu, S Chu, X Dang - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Current studies lack probabilistic evaluations on the performance of fault-crossing bridges.
This paper conducts seismic fragility analyses to evaluate the fragility of cable-stayed …

The effect of near-fault earthquakes and wavelet-generated artificial near-fault earthquakes on the seismic behavior of rockfill dams

B Sun, M Deng, S Zhang, C Wang, W Cui, M Du, Y Lai - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Strong earth vibrations may destroy high asphalt concrete core rockfill dams (ACCRDs) and
cause unanticipated economic and social losses. Due to favorable geographical, geological …

Fragility of offshore wind turbines variation with pulse-period and amplitude: Directivity and Fling step

V Chaudhari, SN Somala - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This work evaluates the offshore wind turbine structure (OWT) subjected to the forward
directivity and fling step types of pulse ground motion. The influence of the pulse period and …