Seismic Response of Steel SMFs Subjected to Vertical Components of Far- and Near-Field Earthquakes with Forward Directivity Effects

Table 9

Ratios of PFAv/PGAv for the near-field earthquakes.

Records no.	Records name	PFAv (m/s^2)				Ratio of PFAv/PGAv
		3-storey	5-storey	8-storey	20-storey	3-storey	5-storey	8-storey	20-storey
#Record1	Erzican	0.248	0.129	0.638	4.262	1.060	0.552	2.727	18.212
#Record2	Imperial Valley-EC-country	0.360	0.154	1.328	4.584	1.476	0.630	5.441	18.788
#Record3	Imperial Valley-Meloland	0.147	0.192	1.346	4.867	0.592	0.775	5.427	19.625
#Record4	Kobe-KJMA	0.201	0.153	0.296	8.344	0.596	0.454	0.875	24.687
#Record5	Kobe-PortIsland	0.300	0.238	2.562	10.877	0.530	0.420	4.527	19.217
#Record6	Kobe-Takatori	0.326	0.134	1.244	5.081	1.147	0.472	4.381	17.891
#Record7	Northridge-Newhall-fire st	0.269	0.250	0.814	11.327	0.490	0.457	1.485	20.669
#Record8	Imperial-BrawleyAirport	0.254	0.151	0.931	2.801	1.662	0.987	6.095	18.332
#Record9	Loma-Prieta-Valley	0.684	0.448	1.911	6.362	1.727	1.133	4.830	16.077
#Record10	Northridge-Rinaldi	0.639	0.663	4.108	17.840	0.667	0.693	4.288	18.622
#Record11	Northridge-Sylmar	1.046	0.332	4.964	10.117	1.728	0.548	8.206	16.722
#Record12	Imperial ElCentro10	0.144	0.107	0.664	2.386	1.321	0.986	6.088	21.889
#Record13	Imperial HoltvillePost	0.459	0.215	2.759	4.399	1.795	0.839	10.778	17.183
#Record14	LomaPieta GiloryArrar2	0.208	0.159	1.232	5.052	0.706	0.540	4.176	17.125
#Record15	LomaPieta GiloryArrar3	0.457	0.433	4.494	5.463	1.340	1.271	13.179	16.021