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Methods for Prediction of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion. Volume 2.

PB277832

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Trifunac, M. D.
Page Count	268
Abstract	Contents: A note on an instrumental comparison of the Modified Mercalli (MMI) and the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) intensity scales; On uniform risk functionals which describe strong earthquake ground motion--definition, numerical estimation, and an application to the Fourier amplitude of acceleration; Dependence of the duration of strong earthquake ground motion on magnitude, epicentral distance, geologic conditions at the recording station, and frequency of motion; Correlations of frequency dependent duration of strong earthquake ground motion with the modified Mercalli intensity and the geologic conditions at the recording stations.
Keywords	Earthquakes Earth movements Predictions Spectral energy distribution Probability theory Seismic epicenter Nuclear power plants Earthquake engineering Ground motion Seismic risk
Source Agency	Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics 77H - Reactor Engineering & Nuclear Power Plants
Corporate Authors	University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Civil Engineering.; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. Div. of Siting, Health
Supplemental Notes	See also Volume 1, PB-277 831.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final technical rept. 1 Oct 76-30 Sep 77.
NTIS Issue Number	197810
Contract Number	AT(49-24)-0364

Methods for Prediction of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion. Volume 2.

Methods for Prediction of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion. Volume 2.
PB277832

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Trifunac, M. D.
Page Count	268
Abstract	Contents: A note on an instrumental comparison of the Modified Mercalli (MMI) and the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) intensity scales; On uniform risk functionals which describe strong earthquake ground motion--definition, numerical estimation, and an application to the Fourier amplitude of acceleration; Dependence of the duration of strong earthquake ground motion on magnitude, epicentral distance, geologic conditions at the recording station, and frequency of motion; Correlations of frequency dependent duration of strong earthquake ground motion with the modified Mercalli intensity and the geologic conditions at the recording stations.
Keywords	Earthquakes Earth movements Predictions Spectral energy distribution Probability theory Seismic epicenter Nuclear power plants Earthquake engineering Ground motion Seismic risk
Source Agency	Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics 77H - Reactor Engineering & Nuclear Power Plants
Corporate Authors	University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Civil Engineering.; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. Div. of Siting, Health
Supplemental Notes	See also Volume 1, PB-277 831.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final technical rept. 1 Oct 76-30 Sep 77.
NTIS Issue Number	197810
Contract Number	AT(49-24)-0364