Preliminary results from the strong-motion accelerograph array in Taiwan
- Univ. of California, Berkely
In May 1978, an international workshop-conference on the design of dense, strong-motion arrays was held at Honolulu. Hawaii with participants from Czechoslovakia, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico. New Zealand, Spain, Turkey, and the United States. The purpose of this workshop was to bring together experts from around the world to develop concepts for the design of earthquake motion recording instrument systems. These systems would be so arranged as to gather the most information possible for application to advancement of understanding of earthquake shaking behavior and earthquake mechanics in general. The data in turn would provide a better understanding of earthquake-induced ground motion with attendant improvements in the design of safer, motion resisting structures. The instruments agreed upon for such arrays are strong-motion accelerographs that measure strong earthquake shaking in terms of accelerations expressed in percent of the force of gravity (% g). In 1980, an array based on the concepts agreed upon during the Honolulu conference was designed and constructed at a location in northeastern Taiwan where seismic activity frequently occurs. The following report describes this array both in design and performance during the first six months of its operation.
- OSTI ID:
- 5840986
- Journal Information:
- Calif. Geol.; (United States), Vol. 35:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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