Response off St

R
Structures
t
tto
Earthquake
q
Ground Motions

Response of a SDOF with 1.0 sec natural period

Damping, = 5%

Absolute acceleration response (m/s)

6.0

0.0
maximum acceleration 5.075 m/s

-6.0
1.0

Relative velocity response (m/s)

0.0
maximum velocity 0.904 m/s

-1.0
0.2

maximum displacement 0.128 m

Relative displacement response (m)

0.0

-0
0.2
2
4.0

Base acceleration (m/s)

0.0
"El
El Centro
Centro,, 1940, Record N
N-S
S Comp.
-4.0

10

15
Time (s)

20

25

Displacement Response Spectrum

0.3
0
3

T = 3.0 s

max 0.255 m

0
-0.3
0.3

T = 2.5 s

0
-0.3
0.3

max 0.274 m

T = 2.0 s

max 0.176 m

DISPLACEMENT SPECTRUM
EL CENTRO RECORD
Damping 5%

0
-0.3
03
0.3

T = 1.5 s

max 0.106 m

DISPLACEMENT
(m)
0.30
0.25
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05
0.00
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
PERIOD (s)

0
-0.3
0.3

T = 1.0 s

max 0.128 m

0
-0.3
03
0.3
0

T = 0.5
05s
max 0.051 m

-0.3
4
2
0
-2
-4 0

EL CENTRO RECORD
Acceleration in (m/s
(m/s))

10

15

20

25 TIME (s)

Computation of the
displacement response
spectrum

Displacement Response Spectra

0.6

0.5
Damping,

0.4

Sd

0%
0.3

2%

(m)

5%
0.2

10%
20%

0.1

0
0

0.5

1.0

El Centro, 1940

1.5
Period T (s)

2.0

2.5

3.0

Acceleration Response Spectra

35

30

25

Damping,

20

Sa
(m/s)

0%
15

10

2%
5%
10%
20%

0
0

0.5

1.0

El Centro, 1940

1.5

Period, T (s)

2.0

2.5

3.0

Displacement Response Spectra

Damping, = 5%
1.4

1.2

Mexico
1.0
Centro
Castaic
Corralitos
Via del Mar
Miyagi-Ken-Oki
Mxico

0.8

Sd
((m))

Via del Mar

06
0.6

El Centro

0.4

Miyagi-Ken-Oki
0.2

Castaic

Corralitos
0.0
0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

Period, T (sec)

4.0

5.0

Acceleration Response Spectra

D
Damping,
i
= 5%
2.5

Corralitos
2.0

1.5

Centro

Castaic

Sa
(g)

Via del Mar

Castaic
Corralitos
Via del Mar

Mexico

Miyagi-Ken-Oki

10
1.0

Mxico

Miyagi-Ken-Oki

0.5

El Centro

0.0
0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

Period, T (sec)

4.0

5.0

 Frequency content is critical

critical.

 Frequency content is critical

critical.

Response Spectrum Nomenclature

n
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