A method for generating fully non-stationary and spectrum-compatible ground motion vector processes

Earthquake ground motion spatial variability can influence significantly the response of certain structures. In order to accurately evaluate probabilistic characteristics of the seismic response of structures, the Monte Carlo simulation technique is still the only universal method of analysis when strong nonlinearities and input uncertainties are involved. Consequently, realizations of ground motion time histories taking into account both time and spatial variability need to be generated. Furthermore, for some design applications, the generated time histories must also satisfy the provision imposed by certain seismic codes stating that they have to be also response-spectrum-compatible. For these purposes, a spectral-representation-based methodology for generating fully non-stationary and spectrum-compatible ground motion vector processes at a number of locations on the ground surface is proposed in this paper. The simulated time histories do not require any iterations on the individual generated sample functions so that Gaussianity and prescribed coherence are suitably preserved. The methodology has also the advantage of providing the fully non-stationary and spectrum-compatible cross-spectral density matrix of the ground motion time-histories that can be used for reliability studies in an analytic stochastic fashion.     

均质土坝非平稳随机地震反应分析

考虑地震荷载的随机性及强度、频率的非平稳性,基于作者提出的适用于非平稳随机过程的一般随机地震动模型,采用虚拟激励法,建立了非平稳随机地震反应分析方法,并将其应用于某实际均质土坝动力分析中。土石坝及坝基体系采用整体有限元离散,坝体和坝基材料的动力非线性性能以等效线性化方法考虑。首先,基于目标加速度时程的强度和能量信息,确定了作为输入的加速度时—频演变功率谱密度;其次,比较了确定性时程动力分析和非平稳随机分析的结果,探讨了频率非平稳随机地震激励下的土石坝地震反应特性;最后,比较了2种不同坝基条件下的土石坝非平稳随机地震反应,探讨了频率非平稳随机激励下的土石—坝基动力相互作用。分析结果表明：地震动的频率非平稳性对土石坝动力反应有一定影响;坝体—坝基动力相互作用在地震过程中的不同阶段表现有所不同,主震阶段的相互作用显著。     

基于强度和能量控制的随机地震动模型

考虑地震动的随机性和频率与强度非平稳性,通过理论分析,提出了一般随机地震动模型,并给出了确定模型参数的原则和方法。该模型以地震动强度、地震动能量以及地震动持时等宏观指标作为控制随机地震动模型参数的指标,而对其内在的频谱组成等指标只要求满足一般地震动的特征。该模型可以用于描述平稳随机过程、强度非平稳随机过程以及强度和频率完全非平稳随机过程。通过与常用功率谱模型的比较,验证了该模型的合理性。     

基于新《电力设施抗震设计规范》的地震动随机模型参数研究

根据新《电力设施抗震设计规范》(GB50260-2013)对随机地震动功率谱参数的取值进行分析。介绍新《电力设施抗震设计规范》中设计反应谱,推导设计谱到功率谱的转换过程。选取常用的Clough-Penzien修正过滤白噪声模型作为拟合函数,通过功率谱参数拟合,得到不同场地类别、不同抗震设防烈度下的地震动模型参数。该研究成果可为电力工程抗震设计分析提供参考。     

非平稳地震动过程模拟方法(Ⅱ)

在总结回顾具有同一统计特征非平稳地震动过程模拟的研究基础上, 提出了一个模拟产生与某个给定地震动记录具有同一统计特征[CD2]时变功率谱的非平稳地震动过程的方法. 方法具有如下一些特点: 模拟产生的样本过程在幅值上和频率上均是非平稳的, 幅值和频率的非平稳性均取决于目标时变功率谱; 任意一个样本过程的时变功率谱未必符合目标谱, 但在统计意义上却严格符合目标谱. 最后, 论文以Landers地震的一个加速度记录为例对方法进行了验证.      

Simulation of non-stationary ground motion processes (II)

Introduction When doing Monte Carlo analysis of stochastic earthquake response of nonlinear structures, it is necessary to have a great number of ground motion processes with an identical statistical feature; In theoretical analysis of earthquake resistance of structures, to study the effect of one parameter, it is required to keep other parameters fixed, and it is often needed one set of ground motion proc-esses having an identical statistical feature; Similarly, while doing structural model…     

基于非平稳随机地震动模型的重力坝抗震可靠度分析

基于正交展开的非平稳随机地震动模型,并考虑混凝土材料的非线性和坝体与库水之间的流固耦合,对印度Koyna重力坝进行有限元分析,得到坝顶水平位移和坝颈拉应力,结合概率密度演化方法和等价极值事件的思想,获得丰富的概率信息。这为坝体结构的随机地震反应分析和可靠度研究提供新的途径。     

A stochastic model and synthesis for near‐fault impulsive ground motions

The orientations of ground motions are paramount when the pulse‐like motions and their unfavorable seismic responses are considered. This paper addresses the stochastic modeling and synthesizing of near‐fault impulsive ground motions with forward directivity effect taking the orientation of the strongest pulses into account. First, a statistical parametric analysis of velocity time histories in the orientation of the strongest pulse with a specified magnitude and various fault distances is performed. A new stochastic model is established consisting of a velocity pulse model with random parameters and a stochastic approach to synthesize high‐frequency velocity time history. The high‐frequency velocity history is achieved by integrating a stochastic high‐frequency accelerogram, which is generated via the modified K‐T spectrum of residual acceleration histories and then modulated by the specific envelope function. Next, the associated parameters of pulse model, envelope function, and power spectral density are estimated by the least‐square fitting. Some chosen parameters in the stochastic model of near‐fault motions based on correlation analysis are regarded as random variables, which are validated to follow the normal or lognormal distribution. Moreover, the number theoretical method is suggested to select efficiently representative points, for generating artificial near‐fault impulsive ground motions with the feature of the strongest pulse, which can be used to the seismic response and reliability analysis of critical structures conveniently. Finally, the simulated ground motions demonstrate that the synthetic ground motions generated by the proposed stochastic model can represent the impulsive characteristic of near‐fault ground motions. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Enrichment of seismic ground motion databases using Karhunen–Loève expansion

Best estimate seismic analysis are generally based on time‐domain simulations of structural responses. The seismic load is then modeled by a stochastic process representing ground motion. For this purpose, the analyst can use recorded accelerograms or work with synthetically generated ones. The number of ground motion time‐histories available for a given scenario and site condition is limited and generally not sufficient for carrying out more advanced probabilistic structural response analysis. It is then necessary to have at our disposal methods that allow for generating synthetic accelerograms that realistically characterize earthquake ground motions. However, most of the methods proposed in literature for generating synthetic accelerograms do not accurately reproduce the natural variability of ground motion parameters (such as PGA, cumulative absolute velocity, and Arias intensity) observed for recorded time histories. In this paper, we introduce a new method for generating synthetic ground motion, based on Karhunen‐Loève decomposition and a non‐Gaussian stochastic model. The proposed method enables the structural analyst to simulate ground motion time histories featuring the properties mentioned above. To demonstrate its capability, we study the influence of the simulation method on different ground motion parameters and on soil response spectra. We finally compute fragility curves to illustrate the practical application of the proposed method. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

空间相关的多点地震动合成(Ⅱ)合成实例

本文应用已提出的自功率谱、相干函数、视速度模型生成了空间相关的多点地震动时程。采用分段合成、乘强度包络函数的方法近似地考虑了地震动强度和频率尬发的非平稳性、生成的地震动符合空间相关性、传播性、随机性和非平稳性,可用于长结构多点输入地震反应分析。     

Artificial ground motion compatible with specified ground shaking peaks and target response spectrum

1 Introduction Time history analysis is usually needed not only for the seismic design of important structures, such as nuclear plants, large concrete dams and super high-rise buildings, but also for seismic performance based design. Performance-based design requires tha knowledge of the entire process of nonlinear seismic responses of structures be obtained, which depends on the ground motion time history as input for this analysis. However, because the observed strong-motion recordings are l…     

全非平稳地震作用的结构随机反应与可靠度分析

在平稳地震动过程的Clough-Penzien功率谱基础上,采用林家浩非均匀调制函数建立全非平稳地震动过程的演变功率谱。根据我国现行的《建筑抗震设计规范》进行全非平稳地震动演变功率谱的参数识别研究。应用非平稳随机过程模拟的谱表示-随机函数方法,生成建筑结构抗震设计所用地震动的代表性样本集合。通过代表性样本集合的二阶统计值及地震反应谱与目标值的拟合比较,验证本文方法的有效性。最后结合概率密度演化方法,进行以层间位移角为控制准则的结构随机地震反应分析与抗震可靠度计算。     

反应谱控制选波的地震动时频非平稳特性差异性分析

时程分析法中地震波的选取关乎结构抗震分析结果是否准确,基于规范反应谱进行选波分析,研究不同选波控制指标下所选出的地震波在时域、频域等方面的特性及误差大小,并进行工程验证。结果表明:采用拟合反应谱选波方法所选的地震动在时、频域上特性差异较大,是导致时程分析法中结构响应差异性较大的主要原因,且选用更为严格的控制指标并不能有效降低所选出地震动时频非平稳之间的差异性。     

与建筑抗震设计规范相对应的地面地震动随机模型参数研究

根据《建筑抗震设计规范(GB50011—2001)》的反应谱曲线,确定了基于Clough-Penzien修正过滤白噪声模型的参数取值。采用时间包络函数考虑地震的非平稳特性,根据加速度峰值等效原则迭代计算得到地面的加速度功率谱密度曲线,然后通过曲线拟合得到与规范各种地震烈度、场地类别和设计地震分组相对应的谱参数。计算结果表明,与规范相对应的加速度功率谱密度曲线呈双峰型,Clough-Penzien谱能较好地拟合其曲线形状。最后给出了规范各种工况下的地面加速度功率谱参数值,为随机抗震计算分析提供了依据。     

A probability-consistent method based on practical ground surface motion

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Stochastic considerations in seismic analysis of structures

A method is presented for stochastic modelling of a design earthquake by a power spectral density function for seismic analysis of structures. The method can be adopted with information currently available in the form of design response spectra for earthquake motion. Accurate seismic responses of structures can be easily obtained using such stochastic models. The methods for accurate response analysis of structures with closely spaced modes and for generation of floor response spectra of a building using a prescribed ground response spectrum directly are also presented. The hypothesis that a design earthquake can be modelled by a power spectral density function is used only implicitly in developing these methods.     

Earthquake accelerogram simulation with statistical law of evolutionary power spectrum

By using the technique for evolutionary power spectrum proposed by Nakayama and with reference to the Kameda formula, an evolutionary spectrum prediction model for given earthquake magnitude and distance is established based on the 80 near-source acceleration records at rock surface with large magnitude from the ground motion database of western U.S.. Then a new iteration method is developed for generation of random accelerograms non-stationary both in amplitude and frequency which are compatible with target evolutionary spectrum. The phase spectra of those simulated accelerograms are also non-stationary in time and frequency domains since the interaction between amplitude and phase angle has been considered during the generation. Furthermore, the sign of the phase spectrum increment is identified to accelerate the iteration. With the proposed statistical model for predicting evolutionary power spectra and the new method for generating compatible time history, the artificial random earthquake accelerograms non-stationary both in amplitude and frequency for certain magnitude and distance can be provided.     

根据渐进谱的统计规律生成地震加速度时程

基于美国西部80条基岩上的近场强震记录, 采用Nakayama方法生成记录的渐进谱, 并参照Kameda方式,用统计方法建立了根据震级、距离等地震参数预测渐进谱的统计模型. 提出一种以渐进谱为目标谱的生成幅值和频率非平稳地震加速度时程的迭代方法. 由于考虑了渐进谱幅值和相位的相互影响,所生成的时程的相位也是时频非平稳的,并在相位调整中识别了相位谱增量符号以加速迭代收敛进程. 最后根据统计回归的目标渐进谱模型和本文提出的拟合目标渐进谱的方法,可生成不同震级、距离条件下的幅值和频率均非平稳的地震加速度时程.      

Generation of critical stochastic earthquakes

A stochastic critical excitation is defined as that excitation with a given variance that maximizes the variance in the dynamic response of a system. A non-stationary filtered shot noise is used to develop a stochastic critical excitation model of an earthquake ground motion process, and the response statistics for a linear system are determined in both time and frequency domains. The sensitivity of response to several assumed earthquake pulse arrival rate functions is examined. Responses to recorded strong ground motion and to stochastic critical excitations with the same total energy are compared to assess the degree of conservatism in the procedure. An application of the procedure to seismic qualification of equipment is presented.     

地震波时变修正Kanai-Tajimi非平稳随机模型的建立

利用谐小波变换对实际强震记录的时变谱进行估计,并统计分析了远场3类不同场地上地震波的时变谱特征,分析发现对于硬场地上的远场地震波在时域内平稳段较短,下降段衰减较快,而在频域内则具有较大的中心频率和较宽的频带.利用均匀调制非平稳模型和时变修正Kanai-Tajimi非平稳模型模拟地震波的时变谱,把非线性函数的参数识别问题转化成求解无约束优化问题,利用拟牛顿迭代法求得最优解,得到3类不同场地上这两种模型的参数具体取值以及参数函数集的具体表达式.为了定量地确定模拟模型的精度,定义了误差函数,验证了所提时变谱参数识别方法的精度,给出了与建筑抗震规范相对应的不同场地不同烈度下多遇和罕遇地震的谱强度因子的大小.最后提出了利用求解时变线性微分方程组来合成非平稳地震波的方法.