Intensity of ground motion

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1. NDE1.0 – A NEW DATABASE OF EARTHQUAKE DATA RECORDINGS FROM BUILDINGS FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
1.1. INTRODUCTION
1.2. DATA DESCRIPTION
1.3. DATA PROCESSING: THE WIGNER-VILLE DISTRIBUTION
1.4. STRUCTURE OF THE NDE1.0 FLAT-FILE
1.4.1. Building and earthquake characteristics
1.4.2. Building response and engineering demand parameters
1.4.3. Intensity of ground motion
1.4.4. Strong motion duration
1.5. EMPIRICAL PREDICTION OF BUILDING RESPONSE P(EDP|IM) AND ASSOCIATED UNCERTAINTIES
1.6. UNCERTAINTIES RELATED TO BUILDING-SPECIFIC DAMAGE PREDICTION
1.7. SEISMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND PERFORMANCE-BASED ANALYSIS
1.8. CONCLUSIONS
2. NONLINEAR ELASTICITY OBSERVED IN BUILDINGS: THE CASE OF THE ANX BUILDING (JAPAN)
2.1. INTRODUCTION
2.2. DESCRIPTION OF THE ANX BUILDING AND DATA
2.3. DATA PROCESSING
2.4. VARIATION OF THE RESONANCE FREQUENCY
2.5. DISCUSSION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE NONLINEARITIES
2.6. OBSERVATIONS IN ANOTHER BUILDING: THE CASE OF THE THU BUILDING
2.7. CONCLUSIONS
3. SLOW DYNAMICS (RECOVERY) USED AS A PROXY FOR SEISMIC STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING
3.1. INTRODUCTION
3.2. METHODOLOGY
3.3. RELAXATION MODELS
3.3.1. Relaxation function
3.3.2. Relaxation time spectrum
3.4. EVOLUTION OF RELAXATION PARAMETERS OVER TIME
3.5. RELAXATION PARAMETERS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
3.6. THE MULTI-SCALE FEATURE OF FREQUENCY RECOVERY IN BUILDINGS
3.6.1. Backbone recovery curve and hysteresis during aftershocks
3.6.2. Relaxation models applied to long-term structural recovery
3.7. CONCLUSIONS
4. NONLINEAR ELASTIC RESPONSE TO MONITOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN BUILDINGS OF DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES
4.1. INTRODUCTION
4.2. FREQUENCY VARIATIONS OVER TIME
4.3. EVOLUTION OF RELAXATION PARAMETERS
4.4. INFLUENCE OF LOADING AND LOADING RATE
4.4.1. Case 1: the ANX building
4.4.2. Case 2: the THU building
4.5. CONCLUSIONS