Report CE 89-01

UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Report No. CE 89-01

METHODOLOGY FOR SELECTION OF EARTHQUAKE DESIGN MOTIONS
FOR IMPORTANT ENGINEERING STRUCTURES

edited by

M. D. Trifunac and M. I. Todorovska

March 1989

Abstract and Contents (PDF ~0.5 Mb)

I. Introduction (PDF ~0.7 Mb)

II. Empirical Estimation of Design Earthquake Motions

General Introduction (PDF ~0.5 Mb)

II.A Sources of Earthquakes (by J. G. Anderson) (PDF ~4.6 Mb)

II.B Uniform Risk Spectra (by V. W. Lee & M. D. Trifunac) (PDF ~4.6 Mb)

II.C Synthesizing Realistic Strong Motion Accelerographs (by H. L. Wong & M. D. Trifunac) (PDF ~4.7 Mb)

III. Physical Modelling of Near Earthquake Sources (by J. E. Luco) (PDF ~3.3 Mb)

IV. Generation of Site Specific Motions (by M-V. Nasser & M. D. Trifunac) (PDF ~2.9 Mb)