Turkey-Adjusted NGA-W1 Horizontal Ground Motion Prediction Models

2016-02-01
Gülerce, Zeynep
Abrahamson, Norman A.
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the differences between the Next Generation Attenuation: West-1 (NGA-W1) ground motion prediction models (GMPEs) and the Turkish strong ground motion data set and to modify the required pieces of the NGA-W1 models for applicability in Turkey. A comparison data set is compiled by including strong motions from earthquakes that occurred in Turkey and earthquake metadata of ground motions consistent with the NGA-W1 database. Random-effects regression is employed and plots of the residuals are used to evaluate the differences in magnitude, distance, and site amplification scaling. Incompatibilities between the NGA-W1 GMPEs and Turkish data set in small-to-moderate magnitude, large distance, and site effects scaling are encountered. The NGA-W1 GMPEs are modified for the misfit between the actual ground motions and the model predictions using adjustments functions. Turkey-adjusted NGA-W1 models are compatible with the regional strong ground motion characteristics and preserve the well-constrained features of the global models.
EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA

Suggestions

Site-Specific Design Spectra for Vertical Ground Motion
Gülerce, Zeynep (SAGE Publications, 2011-11-01)
This paper contains ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs) for the vertical-to-horizontal spectral acceleration (V/H) ratio, and the methods for constructing vertical design spectra that are consistent with the probabilistic seismic hazard assessment results for the horizontal ground motion component. The GMPEs for V/H ratio consistent with the horizontal GMPE of Abrahamson and Silva (2008) are derived using the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center's Next Generation of Ground-Motion Attenuatio...
Turkey - adjusted next generation attenuation models
Kargıoğlu, Bahadır; Gülerce, Zeynep; Department of Civil Engineering (2012)
The objective of this study is to evaluate the regional differences between the worldwide based NGA-W1 ground motion models and available Turkish strong ground motion dataset and make the required adjustments in the NGA-W1 models. A strong motion dataset using parameters consistent with the NGA ground motion models is developed by including strong motion data from Turkey. Average horizontal component ground motion is computed for response spectral values at all available periods using the GMRotI50 definitio...
Site-dependent spectra derived from ground motion records in Turkey
Kalkan, E; Gulkan, P (SAGE Publications, 2004-11-01)
The current spectral shapes in the Turkish Seismic Code (TSC) are based on broadly described geological conditions, ignoring fault distance or magnitude dependencies on spectral ordinates. To address this deficiency, a data set created from a suite of 112 strong ground motion records from 57 earthquakes that occurred between 1976 and 2003 has been used to develop horizontal attenuation relationships for Turkey. This way it is possible to construct hazard-consistent design spectra for any national seismic re...
Elastic and Inelastic Near-Fault Input Energy Spectra
Alici, F. Soner; Sucuoğlu, Haluk (SAGE Publications, 2018-05-01)
The main purpose of this study is to develop a reliable model for predicting the input energy spectra of near-fault ground motions for linear elastic and inelastic systems, and to evaluate the effect of damping and lateral strength on energy dissipation demands. An attenuation model has been developed through one-stage nonlinear regression analysis. Comparative results revealed that near-fault ground motions have significantly larger energy dissipation demands, which are very sensitive to earthquake magnitu...
Comparisons among the five ground-motion models developed using RESORCE for the prediction of response spectral accelerations due to earthquakes in Europe and the Middle East
Douglas, John; Akkar, Dede Sinan; Ameri, Gabriele; Bard, Pierre-Yves; Bindi, Dino; Bommer, Julian J.; Bora, Sanjay Singh; Cotton, Fabrice; Derras, Boumediene; Hermkes, Marcel; Kuehn, Nicolas Martin; Luzi, Lucia; Massa, Marco; Pacor, Francesca; Riggelsen, Carsten; Sandikkaya, M. Abdullah; Scherbaum, Frank; Stafford, Peter J.; Traversa, Paola (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2014-02-01)
This article presents comparisons among the five ground-motion models described in other articles within this special issue, in terms of data selection criteria, characteristics of the models and predicted peak ground and response spectral accelerations. Comparisons are also made with predictions from the Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) models to which the models presented here have similarities (e.g. a common master database has been used) but also differences (e.g. some models in this issue are nonparam...
Citation Formats
Z. Gülerce and N. A. Abrahamson, “Turkey-Adjusted NGA-W1 Horizontal Ground Motion Prediction Models,” EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA, pp. 75–100, 2016, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/39473.