The Ms8. 0 Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 caused huge casualties,economic losses,and building damages,which are analyzed. The results show that damages of houses designed according to the current seismic code were signif...The Ms8. 0 Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 caused huge casualties,economic losses,and building damages,which are analyzed. The results show that damages of houses designed according to the current seismic code were significantly smaller than those without such design,suggesting that the code has achieved the desired goal of seismic fortification. Buildings of different kinds of structures showed large differences in damages: Houses with steel-frames and shear walls or steel structures suffered the least damages; those with frames or with brick-and-concrete structures suffered more; old cottages,the most.展开更多
In this study,both records of a digital accelerometer and a seismograph at a far-field station for the 2008 Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake were analyzed,and a pulsive noise model for acceleration record was found.By compar...In this study,both records of a digital accelerometer and a seismograph at a far-field station for the 2008 Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake were analyzed,and a pulsive noise model for acceleration record was found.By comparing with the result of a rotary-table tilt test,we concluded that the noises in the acceleration records were caused by ground tilt as a result of rotational ground motion.We analyzed the key noises that may cause baseline offset,and proposed a baseline-correction scheme for preserving the long-period ground motion in accordance with specific pulse positions.We then applied this correction method to some near-field strong-motion acceleration records.The result shows that this method can obtain near-field ground displacements,including permanent displacements,in agreement with GPS data,and that this method is more stable than other methods.展开更多
基金supported by the Institute of Seismology,China Earthquake Administration ( IS200826056)
文摘The Ms8. 0 Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 caused huge casualties,economic losses,and building damages,which are analyzed. The results show that damages of houses designed according to the current seismic code were significantly smaller than those without such design,suggesting that the code has achieved the desired goal of seismic fortification. Buildings of different kinds of structures showed large differences in damages: Houses with steel-frames and shear walls or steel structures suffered the least damages; those with frames or with brick-and-concrete structures suffered more; old cottages,the most.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41004020)the Director Foundation of Institute of Seismology,China Earthquake Administration (IS200926044)
文摘In this study,both records of a digital accelerometer and a seismograph at a far-field station for the 2008 Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake were analyzed,and a pulsive noise model for acceleration record was found.By comparing with the result of a rotary-table tilt test,we concluded that the noises in the acceleration records were caused by ground tilt as a result of rotational ground motion.We analyzed the key noises that may cause baseline offset,and proposed a baseline-correction scheme for preserving the long-period ground motion in accordance with specific pulse positions.We then applied this correction method to some near-field strong-motion acceleration records.The result shows that this method can obtain near-field ground displacements,including permanent displacements,in agreement with GPS data,and that this method is more stable than other methods.
