SBIR/STTR Research Award
THEORETICAL ACCELERATION RECORDS
Award amount
$40,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Failure Analysis Associates
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
THEORETICAL SOURCE RUPTURE AND WAVE PROPAGATION MODELS ARE USED TO SIMULATE STRONG MOTION ACCELERATION TIME HISTORIES. THE SYNTHETIC ACCELERATION RECORDS ARE COMPUTED BASED ON MODAL SUPERPOSITION, AND INCLUDE BOTH P-SV AND SH WAVE MOTION TO FREQUENCIES UP TO TEN HERTZ. IN PARTICULAR, STRONG GROUND MOTION IS CHARACTERIZED IN TERMS OF AN EVENT SIZE, EFFECTIVE DISTANCE FROM SOURCE TO SITE, AND THE SITE AZIMUTH WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION OF RUPTION PROPAGATION.
Technology keywords
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