Data Analysis Application Brief Seismic Analysis

The Solution Because PG&E's 34-story building was not equipped with an accelerograph back in 1 ! " #sai used $ore recent accelerogra$s and those %ro$ nearby buildings to reconstruct his own accelerogra$ in &'&i(P %or the )o$a Prieta earthquake* Seismic Transfer Function #he accelerogra$s recorded during a s$all earthquake %or the 34th %loor and the ad+acent building's base$ent are shown in ,indows 1 and 3 respecti-ely" showing peak accelerations .P's/ o% 0*00!g in ,1 and 0*012g in ,3* ' g is a unit o% %orce equal to the gra-ity e3erted on a body at rest* 4n ,indows 1 and 4" the 55#s o% these accelerogra$s are displayed and ,indow 2 shows the ratio o% these two 55#s* #his ratio represents the seis$ic trans%er %unction %or the high-rise building* #he a$plitude %unction o% the 55# ratio in ,2 was calculated and displayed in ,indow 6" showing the %irst three -ibrational $odes o% the high-rise at 0*17 89" 0*7! 89" and 1*3 89* Reconstructing Accelerograms #he third accelerogra$ .%ro$ the base$ent o% the ad+acent two-story building during the )o$a Prieta earthquake/ is displayed in ,indow 7" showing a P' o% 0*13g* #he 55# o% this accelerogra$ was then calculated and displayed in ,indow !* #he product o% the seis$ic trans%er %unction .,indow 2/ and the 55# .,indow !/ was calculated and displayed in ,indow * #he in-erse 55# o% this product is shown in ,indow 10* #he real part o% ,10 was taken as the accelerogra$ %or the 34th %loor o% the high-rise during the )o$a Prieta earthquake and displayed in ,indow 11" showing a peak acceleration o% 0*10g* Peak Velocity Calculations

5urther calculations were done on the accelerogra$s in ,indows 7 and 11 to obtain the peak -elocities .P:s/ and peak displace$ents .P&s/ %or the 34-story building and the ad+acent building's base$ent during the )o$a Prieta earthquake* #he %irst 1 seconds o% the accelerogra$s in ,7 and ,11 were e3tracted and displayed in ,indows 12 and 11* #he data in ,12 and ,11 was integrated to obtain the P:s . ,16 and ,13/* Differential Displacement #he P: %or the 34th %loor o% the high-rise was 11*2 c$;s during the )o$a Prieta earthquake" while the base$ent o% the ad+acent building had a P: o% 11*3 c$;s* ' second integration was per%or$ed on ,indows 16 and 13 and displayed in ,17 and ,14 to obtain the P&s o% these two buildings during the earthquake* #he base$ent o% the ad+acent building had a P& o% 2*7 c$ while the 34th %loor had a P& o% 6*1 c$* 5inally the di%%erential displace$ent wa-e%or$ at the 34th %loor relati-e to the base$ent le-el o% the building was calculated and displayed in ,indow 1!* #he wa-e%or$ in ,1! shows a P& o% 6*! c$* A Handy Tool 4n using &'&i(P to recreate the high-rise o%%ice building's accelerogra$" <i-Ben #sai was able to calculate the in-structure data %or the 34-story o%%ice building* 'ccording to #sai" =4 ha-e %ound &'&i(P to be a handy tool %or interacti-e analysis o% earthquake strong-$otion accelerogra$s to study the ground or structural response under seis$ic e3citation*=