Report CE 95-02

UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Report No. CE 95-02

EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS DESCRIBING
ATTENUATION OF PEAKS OF
STRONG GROUND MOTION, IN TERMS OF
MAGNITUDE, DISTANCE, PATH EFFECTS AND
SITE CONDITIONS

Vincent W. Lee, Mihailo D. Trifunac, Maria I. Todorovska and Elena I. Novikova

April, 1995

Abstract and Contents (PDF ~0.4 Mb)

1. Introduction (PDF ~1.3 Mb)

2. The Current Database (PDF ~4.5 Mb)

3. The Regression of Peak Acceleration (PDF ~9.6 Mb)

4. Regression of Peak Velocity (PDF ~8.6 Mb)

5. Regression of Peak Displacements (PDF ~9.5 Mb)

6. Summary and Conclusions (PDF ~0.3 Mb)

7. References (PDF ~0.7 Mb)

Appendix A (PDF ~1.0 Mb)

Appendix B (PDF ~1.7 Mb)

Appendix C (PDF ~5.0 Mb)

Appendix D (PDF ~4.3 Mb)

Appendix E (PDF ~5.2 Mb)

Appendix F (PDF ~0.2 Mb)