Paper Title:

Comparison of Near-Fault Effect Considered in Seismic Design Codes for Building

Periodical Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 378 - 379)
Main Theme Applied Materials and Electronics Engineering
Edited by Brendan Gan, Yu Gan and Y. Yu
Pages 270-273
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.378-379.270
Citation Jing Zhou et al., 2011, Advanced Materials Research, 378-379, 270
Online since October, 2011
Authors Jing Zhou, Xiao Dan Fang
Keywords Earthquake, Forward-Directivity Pulse, Near-Fault Factor, Seismic Design Code
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Abstract

This paper compares the provisions of near-fault effect factors considered in the representative design codes in the world. It is found that the different codes carry out different near-fault effect values. Chinese, American, and New Zealand seismic design codes clearly present the near-fault effect factors, and Chinese seismic design code relatively presents the smallest near-fault effect values among the three codes. While Japanese code accounts for near-fault effect using empirical method and strong motion evaluation employing earthquake source model. The consideration of the near-fault effects in European Standard is the simplest among the five codes.