Explaining the principles that underlie strong ground motion simulation, this publication describes various methods for simulating strong ground motions, and presents some examples of strong ground ...

Consider the two-story building below that is experiencing horizontal ground motion. Suppose that we model the building as a single-degree-of-freedom oscillator with ground motion y(t). Let m be the ...

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Consider the three-story building below that is experiencing horizontal ground motion. Suppose that we model the building as a two-degree-of-freedom oscillator with ground motion y(t). The ...

Sensors that detect changes in atmospheric pressure due to ground shaking can also obtain data about large earthquakes and explosions that exceed the upper limit of many seismometers, according to new ...