An Investigation of the Ground Motion Scaling Procedures for the Nonlinear Seismic Analyses of Concrete Gravity Dams

Soysal B. F., Ay B. Ö., Arıcı Y.

JOURNAL OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, cilt.23, sa.6, ss.930-953, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/13632469.2017.1342298
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.930-953
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ground Motion Selection, Ground Motion Scaling, Nonlinear Analysis, Concrete Gravity Dam, Damage Level, DAMAGE, EARTHQUAKE, SELECTION, INPUT
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Seismic assessment of gravity dams is generally carried out using time history analyses. Scaling of the motions is commonly used; however, in contrast to buildings, the performance of scaling procedures at predicting the mean and reducing the dispersion in engineering demand parameters (EDPs) is not known. The main goal of this study is to assess the performance of different scaling procedures in predicting seismic demands on dams. The performance regarding the prediction of the damage and the required number of motions for effective analysis was investigated. The results show that techniques commonly used for moment frames should not readily be applied to these structures.