Research Article

Hysteresis and Soil Site Dependent Input and Hysteretic Energy Spectra for Far-Source Ground Motions

Table 11

Ground motion indices and scaling factor.

Soil typeGround motion⁢Fault normal component⁢Fault parallel componentScale factor
CAVPGAPGVCAVPGAPGV

BLoma Prieta1.8510.6280.1501.3550.3880.0601.149
Northridge-012.3070.6400.03161.7240.3570.01991.634
Chi-Chi Taiwan3.1030.6950.07512.730.5070.0731.205

CLoma Prieta4.6661.4160.09495.4151.3350.1360.809
Northridge-012.7281.0600.0791.8680.4490.06341.407
Chi-Chi Taiwan4.1121.1600.0904.1201.0130.0880.92

DLoma Prieta3.6570.7150.07323.1160.7360.04711.679
Northridge-018.7801.1460.1318.7140.9584.31141.03
Chi-Chi Taiwan5.9711.1590.1277.0351.5340.1100.899

ELoma Prieta 3.4641.2590.2723.2431.4840.2300.383
Northridge-014.8120.7470.07275.0230.9660.06980.691
Chi-Chi Taiwan 4.0910.4310.0843.8210.4930.06791.046

Units for CAV and PGV are m/s and that for PGA is m/s2.