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Importance of Mapping Design Earthquakes: Insights for the Southern Apennines, Italy
Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
Status
Published
JCR Journal
JCR Journal
Peer review journal
Yes
Title of the book
Issue/vol(year)
5/99(2009)
Publisher
Seismological Society of America
Pages (printed)
2979–2991
Issued date
October 2009
Abstract
Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis is currently the soundest basis for the rational evaluation of ground-motion hazard for site-specific engineering design and assessment purposes. An increasing number of building codes worldwide acknowledge the uniform hazard spectra as the reference to determine design actions on structures and to select input ground motions for seismic structural analysis. This is the case, for example, in Italy where the new seismic code also requires the seismic input for nonlinear dynamic analysis to be selected on the basis of dominating events, for example, identified via disaggregation of seismic hazard. In the present study, the
design earthquakes expressed in terms of representative magnitude (M), distance (R),
and ε were investigated for a wide region in the southern Apennines, Italy. To this aim,
the hazards corresponding to peak ground acceleration and spectral acceleration at
1 sec with a return period of 475 yr were disaggregated. For each of the disaggregation
variables the shape of the joint and marginal probability density functions were
studied. The first two modes expressed by M, R, and ε were extracted and mapped for the study area. The results shown provide additional information, in terms of
source and ground-motion parameters, to be used along with the standard hazard maps
to better select the design earthquakes. The analyses also allow us to assess how various
frequency ranges of the design spectrum are differently contributed by seismic sources in the study area.
design earthquakes expressed in terms of representative magnitude (M), distance (R),
and ε were investigated for a wide region in the southern Apennines, Italy. To this aim,
the hazards corresponding to peak ground acceleration and spectral acceleration at
1 sec with a return period of 475 yr were disaggregated. For each of the disaggregation
variables the shape of the joint and marginal probability density functions were
studied. The first two modes expressed by M, R, and ε were extracted and mapped for the study area. The results shown provide additional information, in terms of
source and ground-motion parameters, to be used along with the standard hazard maps
to better select the design earthquakes. The analyses also allow us to assess how various
frequency ranges of the design spectrum are differently contributed by seismic sources in the study area.
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Decision for Civil Engineers, McGraw-Hill, New York.
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Design Concepts and Implementation, PEER Rept. 2004/05, Pacific
Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California,
Berkeley.
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.stanford.edu/group/rms/RMS_Papers/pdf/Allin/).
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pulses in near-source ground motions, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 98,
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Montaldo,V., and C. Meletti (2007).Valutazione delvalore della ordinata spettrale
a 1 sec e ad altri periodi di interesse ingegneristico, Progetto DPCINGV
S1, Deliverable D3 (http://esse1.mi.ingv.it/d3.html) (in Italian).
Montone, P., M. T. Mariucci, S. Pondrelli, and A. Amato (2004). An improved
stress map for Italy and surrounding regions (Central Mediterranean),
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Reiter, L. (1990). Earthquake Hazard Analysis, Columbia University Press,
New York, 254 pp.
Sabetta, F., and A. Pugliese (1996). Estimation of response spectra and
simulation of non stationary earthquake ground motion, Bull. Seismol.
Soc. Am. 86, 337–352.
Spallarossa, D., and S. Barani (2007). Disaggregazione della pericolosità
sismica in termini di M R ε, Progetto DPC-INGV S1, Deliverable
D14 (http://esse1.mi.ingv.it/d14.html) (in Italian).
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2001). Technical basis for revision of
regulatory guidance on design ground motions: Hazard- and riskconsistent
ground motion spectra guidelines, NUREG/CR-6728,
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Valensise, G., A. Amato, P. Montone, and D. Pantosti (2003). Earthquakes in
Italy: Past, present and future, Episodes 26, 245–249.
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith (1991). Free software helps map and display
data, Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 72, 445–446.
Westaway, R., and J. Jackson (1987). The earthquake of 1980 November 23
in Campania–Basilicata (southern Italy), Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc.
90, 375–443.
selection, Earthq. Eng. Struct. Dyn. 35, no. 9, 1077–1095.
Bazzurro, P., and C. A. Cornell (1999). Disaggregation of seismic hazard,
Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 89, 501–520.
Benjamin, J. R., and C. A. Cornell (1970). Probability, Statistics, and
Decision for Civil Engineers, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Bommer, J. J. (2004). Earthquake actions in seismic codes: Can current
approaches meet the needs of PBSD? in Performance Based Seismic
Design Concepts and Implementation, PEER Rept. 2004/05, Pacific
Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California,
Berkeley.
Cinti, F. R., L. Faenza, W. Marzocchi, and P. Montone (2004). Probability
map of the next M ≥5:5 earthquakes in Italy, Geochem. Geophys.
Geosyst. 5, Q1103.
Convertito, V., and A. Herrero (2004). Influence of focal mechanism in probabilistic
seismic hazard analysis, Bull. Seismol. Soc.Am.94, 2124–2136.
Cornell, C. A. (1968). Engineering seismic risk analysis, Bull. Seismol. Soc.
Am. 58, 1583–1606.
Cornell, C. A. (2004). Hazard, ground motions and probabilistic assessment
for PBSD, in Performance Based Seismic Design Concepts and Implementation.
PEER Rept. 2004/05, Pacific Earthquake Engineering
Research Center, University of California, Berkeley.
Cornell, C. A. (2005). On earthquake record selection for nonlinear dynamic
analysis, The Esteva Symposium, Mexico, August 2005 (http://www
.stanford.edu/group/rms/RMS_Papers/pdf/Allin/).
Cramer, H. C., and M. D. Petersen (1996). Predominant seismic source distance
and magnitude for Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura Counties,
California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 86, 1645–1649.
CS.LL.PP. (2008). DM 14 gennaio 2008 Norme Tecniche per le Costruzioni,
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana 29 (in Italian).
Di Sarno, L., E. Cosenza, B. De Risi, and C. Mascolo (2006). Application of
base isolation to a new building of Naples, Proc. of the World Conference
on Structural Control, San Diego, Paper no. 173 (CD-ROM).
EN1998-1 (2004). Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance,
Part 1: General rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings, European
Committee for Standardization (CEN), Brussels.
Gruppo di lavoro Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani (CPTI) (2004).
Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani, versione 2004 (CPTI04),
INGV, Bologna.
Gutenberg, B., and C. R. Richter (1944). Frequency of earthquakes in
California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 34, 185–188.
Harmsen, S., and A. Frankel (2001). Geographic deaggregation of seismic
hazard in the United States, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 91, 13–26.
Iervolino, I., and C. A. Cornell (2005). Record selection for nonlinear
seismic analysis of structures, Earthq. Spectra 21, 685–713.
Iervolino, I., and C. A. Cornell (2008). Probability of occurrence of velocity
pulses in near-source ground motions, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 98,
2262–2277.
Iervolino, I., G. Maddaloni, and E. Cosenza (2008). Eurocode 8 compliant
real record sets for seismic analysis of structures, J. Earthq. Eng. 12,
no. 1, 54–90.
Iervolino, I., G. Maddaloni, and E. Cosenza (2009). A note on selection of
time-histories for seismic analysis of bridges in Eurocode 8, J. Earthq.
Eng. (in press)
Inoue, T., and C. A. Cornell (1990). Seismic hazard analysis of multidegree-
of-freedom structures, Reliability of Marine Structures
(RMS)-8, Stanford, California, 70 pp.
McGuire, R. K. (1995). Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and design
earthquakes: Closing the loop, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 85, 1275–1284.
Meletti, C., and V. Montaldo (2007). Stime di pericolosità sismica per diverse
probabilità di superamento in 50 anni:Valori di ag, ProgettoDPC-INGV
S1, Deliverable D2 (http://esse1.mi.ingv.it/d2.html) (in Italian).
Meletti, C., F. Galadini, G. Valensise, M. Stucchi, R. Basili, S. Barba, G. Vannucci,
and E. Boschi (2008).Aseismic source zone modelfor the seismic
hazard assessment of the Italian territory, Tectonophysics 450, 85–108.
Montaldo,V., and C. Meletti (2007).Valutazione delvalore della ordinata spettrale
a 1 sec e ad altri periodi di interesse ingegneristico, Progetto DPCINGV
S1, Deliverable D3 (http://esse1.mi.ingv.it/d3.html) (in Italian).
Montone, P., M. T. Mariucci, S. Pondrelli, and A. Amato (2004). An improved
stress map for Italy and surrounding regions (Central Mediterranean),
J. Geophys. Res. 109, B10410, doi 10.1029/2003JB002703.
Reiter, L. (1990). Earthquake Hazard Analysis, Columbia University Press,
New York, 254 pp.
Sabetta, F., and A. Pugliese (1996). Estimation of response spectra and
simulation of non stationary earthquake ground motion, Bull. Seismol.
Soc. Am. 86, 337–352.
Spallarossa, D., and S. Barani (2007). Disaggregazione della pericolosità
sismica in termini di M R ε, Progetto DPC-INGV S1, Deliverable
D14 (http://esse1.mi.ingv.it/d14.html) (in Italian).
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2001). Technical basis for revision of
regulatory guidance on design ground motions: Hazard- and riskconsistent
ground motion spectra guidelines, NUREG/CR-6728,
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Valensise, G., A. Amato, P. Montone, and D. Pantosti (2003). Earthquakes in
Italy: Past, present and future, Episodes 26, 245–249.
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith (1991). Free software helps map and display
data, Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 72, 445–446.
Westaway, R., and J. Jackson (1987). The earthquake of 1980 November 23
in Campania–Basilicata (southern Italy), Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc.
90, 375–443.
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