The MCEER Task Area 2 synthetic ground motions are now available for both west-coast
and east-coast scenario earthquakes. The motions are posted on the Task Area's
FTP site.
Benedikt Halldorsson defended his Ph.D. dissertation on "The Specific
Barrier Model: Its Calibration to Earthquakes of Different Tectonic Regions
and the Synthesis of Strong Ground Motions for Earthquake Engineering
Applications" on July 29th.
The Strong Ground Motion simulations codes have been updated based on
recent calibration of the Specific Barrier Model and made available for
download. We are currently preparing the manuals.
(July 2004)
Fangyin Zhang has defended his Ph.D. dissertation on "Site Response and
Attenuation Analysis". He recently received the first Student Presentation
Award of the Seismological Society of America (SSA) for his work presented at
the SSA 2004 Annual Meeting. (July 2004)
MCEER Thrust Area 2 researchers have carried out strong motion
simulations for a specific site in California. The general procedure for the
simulations using a recently calibrated Specific Barrier Model was presented (6.3MB
PDF file) by Benedikt Halldorsson, and the case-specific details presented
by Dr. Assawin Wanitkorkul, post-doctoral associate, and Prof. Andre
Filiatrault, MCEER Deputy Director. (June 2004)
For the presentations and ground motion simulations, visit the MCEER
Thrust Area 2's
FTP site
The ESL presented research results at the
2004 Annual Meeting of the
Seismological Society of America in Palm Springs, California, April 13-16.
Fajardo: Torsional Response of Structures to Impulsive Near-Fault Ground
Motions
Zhang: Attenuation Characteristics and Site Amplification of Taiwan (two
posters)
Halldorsson: The Specific Barrier Model: Its Calibration to Inter-Plate,
Intra-Plate and Extensional Regime Earthquakes
George Mavroeidis defended his Ph.D. dissertation on "Modeling and
Simulation of Near-Fault Strong Ground Motions for Earthquake Engineering
Applications".
(Spring 2004)
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