A Study of Power Spectral Density Models of Earthquake Ground Motion

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In this paper, a modified random process model of earthquake ground motion based on the model proposed by JinPing Ou is presented. The parameters in the model except the factor S0 are determined by using the least square method and the power spectral densities of 361 earthquake records. Then the method for determining the parameter S0 is proposed. The good performance of the proposed model in this paper in modeling the earthquake ground motion on firm ground is demonstrated by comparing it with other random process models.

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