Response off St

R Structures
t tto
Earthquake
q Ground Motions
 Response of a SDOF with 1.0 sec natural period
Damping,  = 5%

6.0 Absolute acceleration response (m/s²)

0.0

maximum acceleration 5.075 m/s²

-6.0
1.0
Relative velocity response (m/s)
0.0

-1.0 maximum velocity 0.904 m/s

0.2 maximum displacement 0.128 m
Relative displacement response (m)
0.0

-0
0.2
2
4.0
Base acceleration (m/s²)
0.0
"El
El Centro
Centro“,, 1940, Record N
N-S
S Comp.
-4.0 0 5 10 15 20 25
Time (s)
Displacement Response Spectrum
T = 3.0 s
0.3
0 3 max 0.255 m

0
-0.3
0.3 T = 2.5 s
0
max 0.274 m
-0.3
0.3 T = 2.0 s
max 0.176 m
0 DISPLACEMENT SPECTRUM
-0.3
03 EL CENTRO RECORD
0.3 Damping 5%
T = 1.5 s
max 0.106 m
0 DISPLACEMENT
(m)
-0.3 0.30
0.3 0.25
T = 1.0 s
max 0.128 m 0.20
0 0.15
0.10
-0.3 0.05
03
0.3 0.00
T = 0.5
05s 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
0 PERIOD (s)
max 0.051 m
-0.3 Computation of the
EL CENTRO RECORD
4
2
Acceleration in (m/s
(m/s²)) displacement response
0
-2
-4 0
spectrum
5 10 15 20 25 TIME (s)
 Displacement Response Spectra
0.6

0.5

Damping, 
0.4

0%
Sd 0.3 2%
(m)
5%
0.2 10%

20%
0.1

0
0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Period T (s)
“El Centro”, 1940
 Acceleration Response Spectra
35

30

25

Damping, 
20
Sa 0%
(m/s²)
15

10
2%
5%
5
10%
20%
0

0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Period, T (s)
“El Centro”, 1940
 Displacement Response Spectra
Damping,  = 5%

1.4

1.2
Mexico

1.0

Centro
0.8 Castaic
Sd Corralitos
Viña del Mar
((m)) Viña del Mar Miyagi-Ken-Oki
06
0.6
México

El Centro
0.4
Miyagi-Ken-Oki

0.2

Corralitos Castaic
0.0
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
Period, T (sec)
 Acceleration Response Spectra
D
Damping,
i  = 5%
2.5

Corralitos
2.0

1.5 Centro
Castaic Castaic
Sa Corralitos
Viña del Mar Viña del Mar
(g) Mexico
Miyagi-Ken-Oki
10
1.0 México

Miyagi-Ken-Oki
0.5
El Centro

0.0
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
Period, T (sec)
• Frequency content is critical
critical.
• Frequency content is critical
critical.
Response Spectrum Nomenclature

 2  n

x   2
n x max
 Log-Log plot
(a k a tri-partite
(a.k.a. tri partite response spectrum plot)
PSA, PSV, SD vs. PGD, PGV, PGA
Code/Design Spectrum
Typical Code Design Spectrum