Direct use of PGV for estimating peak nonlinear oscillator displacements.

A predictive model is presented for estimating the peak inelastic oscillator displacements (Sd,ie) from peak ground velocity (PGV). The proposed model accounts for the variation of Sd,ie for bilinear hysteretic behavior under constant ductility (µ) and normalized lateral strength ratio (R) associate...

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Published in:	Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 37, 12 (2008).
Main Author:	Akkar, Sinan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Peak ground velocity. Inelastic spectral displacement. Ground-motion predictive models. Regression. Seismic design/performance assessment. Bilinear hysteretic model.