Early Site Permit Demonstration Program: Guidelines for determining design basis ground motions. Volume 2, Appendices
This report develops and applies a methodology for estimating strong earthquake ground motion. The motivation was to develop a much needed tool for use in developing the seismic requirements for structural designs. An earthquake`s ground motion is a function of the earthquake`s magnitude, and the physical properties of the earth through which the seismic waves travel from the earthquake fault to the site of interest. The emphasis of this study is on ground motion estimation in Eastern North America (east of the Rocky Mountains), with particular emphasis on the Eastern United States and southeastern Canada. Eastern North America is a stable continental region, having sparse earthquake activity with rare occurrences of large earthquakes. While large earthquakes are of interest for assessing seismic hazard, little data exists from the region to empirically quantify their effects. The focus of the report is on the attributes of ground motion in Eastern North America that are of interest for the design of facilities such as nuclear power plants. This document, Volume II, contains Appendices 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 covering the following topics: Eastern North American Empirical Ground Motion Data; Examination of Variance of Seismographic Network Data; Soil Amplification and Vertical-to-Horizontal Ratios from Analysis of Strong Motion Data From Active Tectonic Regions; Revision and Calibration of Ou and Herrmann Method; Generalized Ray Procedure for Modeling Ground Motion Attenuation; Crustal Models for Velocity Regionalization; Depth Distribution Models; Development of Generic Site Effects Model; Validation and Comparison of One-Dimensional Site Response Methodologies; Plots of Amplification Factors; Assessment of Coupling Between Vertical & Horizontal Motions in Nonlinear Site Response Analysis; and Modeling of Dynamic Soil Properties.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); NUS Corp., Aiken, SC (United States); Nuclear Management and Resources Council, Washington, DC (United States); Southern Electric International, Inc., Atlanta, GA (United States); Commonwealth Research Corp., Chicago, IL (United States); Public Service Electric and Gas Co., Newark, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 10193997
- Report Number(s):
- SNL/NM-699795-5-Vol.2; ON: DE94002870; BR: GB0103012; TRN: 94:000164
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 18 Mar 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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