A New Empirical Correlation for Estimation of EBF Steel Frame Behavior Factor under Near-Fault Earthquakes Using the Genetic Algorithm

Table 1

Characteristics of near-fault earthquakes used in the study.

Record no.	Earthquake name	Year	Station name	PGA^a (g)	Mw^b	R^c (km)
1	Imperial Valley-06	1979	EC County Center FF	0.179721	6.53	7.31
2	Imperial Valley-06	1979	El Centro Array #7	0.462394	6.53	0.56
3	Imperial Valley-06	1979	El Centro Array #8	0.467966	6.53	3.86
4	Imperial Valley-06	1979	El Centro Differential Array	0.417229	6.53	5.09
5	Morgan Hill	1984	Coyote Lake Dam (SW Abut)	0.813971	6.19	0.53
6	Loma Prieta	1989	LGPC	0.943935	6.93	3.88
7	Landers	1992	Lucerne	0.704174	7.28	2.19
8	Landers	1992	Yermo Fire Station	0.235782	7.28	23.62
9	Northridge-01	1994	Jensen Filter Plant	0.517814	6.69	5.43
10	Northridge-01	1994	Newhall-Fire Station	0.723597	6.69	5.92
11	Northridge-01	1994	Rinaldi Receiving Station	0.869806	6.69	6.50
12	Northridge-01	1994	Sylmar-Converter Station	0.594294	6.69	5.35
13	Northridge-01	1994	Sylmar-Converter Station East	0.828472	6.69	5.19
14	Northridge-01	1994	Sylmar–Olive View Med FF	0.732606	6.69	5.30
15	Kobe, Japan	1995	KJMA	0.854262	6.90	0.96
16	Kobe, Japan	1995	Takarazuka	0.645232	6.90	0.27
17	Kocaeli, Turkey	1999	Gebze	0.241333	7.51	10.92
18	Chi-Chi, Taiwan	1999	TCU049	0.286217	7.62	3.78
19	Chi-Chi, Taiwan	1999	TCU053	0.224488	7.62	5.97
20	Chi-Chi, Taiwan	1999	TCU068	0.564477	7.62	0.32

^aPeak ground acceleration. ^bMoment magnitude. ^cClosest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area.