4th WCSET-2015 at Japan
Civil Engineering:
Title:
Characterization of strong-motion accelerogram for
earthquake damage assessment
Authors:
Sandeep G. S.
Abstract:
Earthquakes are the most damaging and catastrophic
natural calamities of all times. Post-earthquake damage
assessment has been one of the preliminary steps for the
establishment of a proper econstruction strategy. Also
such damage assessments can be used in controlling loss
from future earthquakes, developing an efficient warning
system. Observations of structural and non-structural
damages after severe earthquakes exhibit interdependency
between the seismic parameters and the structural
response. Earthquake seismograms possess inherent
information that can be extracted in the form of seismic
parameters by a computer supported analysis. It is
widely recognized that characterization of the nature of
strong ground-motion from a single parameter and hence
to use in correlating the damage is very difficult.
Various ground-motion parameters like peak ground
acceleration, peak ground velocity, peak ground
displacement, Arias intensity, Houser intensity, Energy
densities, energy flux etc. can be utilized in the
analysis of seismogram to assess the damaging aspects.
In the present work, strong-motion accelerograms of four
different earthquakes at different stations at ground
level have been analyzed and attempt has been made to
correlate accelerogram characteristics like PGA, PGV,
PGD, AI, SED and HI with corresponding earthquake damage
level (Mercalli Intensity scale). For this purpose, all
three (East – West, North – South and Up – down)
components of strong motion accelerograms from different
sites at ground level have been considered. It has been
inferred that MM Intensity and hence the severity of
damage is directly proportional to ground-motion
parameters and use of more number of parameters instead
of only Amax or Vmax, can add more precision to the
assessment. Such post-earthquake assessments can be
utilized in predicting intensities of future earthquakes
and so in minimizing damage and losses in future during
earthquakes.
Keywords: Accelerogram,
Peak ground acceleration (PGA), Peak ground
velocity(PGV), Peak ground displacement(PGD), Arias
intensity(AI), Specific energy density(SED),Housner
intensity(HI), Damage assessment
Pages:
237-247