Research Article

Development of Rocking Isolation for Response Mitigation of Elevated Water Tanks under Seismic and Wind Hazards

Table 2

Properties of the recorded ground motions used for the seismic response analysis.

No.EventYearStationPEER RSNMWRDF (Hz)VCSPGAscaled (g)

1Manjil1990Tonekabon16407.41.2–1.5Low0.53

2Manjil1990Abhar16347.40.27–0.32
1.5–4.0
Low0.43

3Landers1992Yermo Fire Station9007.30.6–5.0High0.61

Record dominant frequencies: the range of frequencies with higher spectral power. Vertical component significance: “high” for records with strong vertical component and vice versa. PGA of the scaled horizontal component (g).