Estimation of Cumulative Absolute Velocity (CAV) from a recently compiled strong ground-motion database for Turkey

Akkar S., Gülkan P.

9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium, Toronto, Canada, 25 - 29 July 2010, vol.7, pp.5505-5514, (Full Text) identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 7
  • City: Toronto
  • Country: Canada
  • Page Numbers: pp.5505-5514
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The main context of the investigation that is reported herein is to develop an indigenous ground-motion prediction equation to estimate the Cumulative Absolute Velocity (CAV) parameter for nuclear installation safety. The recently compiled Turkish strong-motion database has used for this purpose. This report details the derivation of the predictive model as well as the ground-motion database used. The predictive model is compared with the CAV estimations of a similar model that is derived from a global database. Possible causes for differences are discussed.