The SCEC Broadband Platform Validation Exercise: Methodology for Code Validation in the Context of Seismic-Hazard Analyses

Christine A. Goulet, Norman A. Abrahamson, Paul G. Somerville, & Katie E. Wooddell

Published January 8, 2015, SCEC Contribution #6070

As part of the design process, most engineering applications require a response spectrum or earthquake time series as input to structural models to simulate their response. In the last few decades, the number of recordings from large earthquakes has exponentially increased, and seismic records are constantly being compiled and updated. However, there is still a limited number of records available for large magnitude events (M>7) recorded at close distances (within 10–20 km). Other source‐site configurations, such as those leading to hanging‐wall or rupture directivity effects, may also not have been widely captured by recorded events. There is a growing recognition that simulated ground motions from validated codes may be used to overcome these shortcomings as a complement to recorded motions. Consequently, the need for carefully vali

Citation
Goulet, C. A., Abrahamson, N. A., Somerville, P. G., & Wooddell, K. E. (2015). The SCEC Broadband Platform Validation Exercise: Methodology for Code Validation in the Context of Seismic-Hazard Analyses. Seismological Research Letters, 86(1), 17-26. doi: 10.1785/0220140104.

Related Projects & Working Groups
Ground-Motion Prediction, Earthquake Engineering Implementation Interface