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Earthquakesimulation
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Earthquakesimulationappliesarealorsimulatedvibrational
inputtoastructurethatpossessestheessentialfeaturesofareal
seismicevent.Earthquakesimulationsaregenerallyperformedto
studytheeffectsofearthquakesonmanmadeengineered
structures,oronnaturalfeatureswhichmaypresentahazard
duringanearthquake.
Dynamicexperimentsonbuildingandnonbuildingstructures
maybephysicalaswithshaketabletestingorvirtual(based
oncomputersimulation).Inallcases,toverifyastructure's
expectedseismicperformance,researchersprefertodealwithso
called'realtimehistories'thoughthelastcannotbe'real'fora
hypotheticalearthquakespecifiedbyeitherabuildingcodeorby
someparticularresearchrequirements.

Shaketabledestructivetestingofa
modelnonductile6storeybuilding

Contents
1Shaketabletesting
2Computationalapproaches
3Seealso
4References

PrintScreenimagesofconcurrent
computermodelsanimation

5Externallinks

Shaketabletesting
Studyingabuilding'sresponsetoanearthquakeisperformedbyputtingamodelofthestructureona
shaketablethatsimulatestheseismicloading.Theearliestsuchexperimentswereperformedmorethan
acenturyago.[1]

Computationalapproaches
Anotherwayistoevaluatetheearthquakeperformanceanalytically.Theveryfirstearthquake
simulationswereperformedbystaticallyapplyingsomehorizontalinertiaforces,basedonscaledpeak
groundaccelerations,toamathematicalmodelofabuilding.[2]Withthefurtherdevelopmentof
computationaltechnologies,staticapproachesbegantogivewaytodynamicones.[3]
Traditionally,numericalsimulationandphysicaltestshavebeenuncoupledandperformedseparately.
Socalledhybridtestingsystemsemployrapid,parallelanalysesusingbothphysicalandcomputational
tests.

Seealso
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_simulation

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Seismicanalysis

References
1. ^Omori,F.(1900).SeismicExperimentsontheFracturingandOverturningofColumns.Publ.Earthquake
Invest.Comm.InForeignLanguages,N.4,Tokyo.
2. ^Lindeburg,MichaelR.Baradar,Majid(2001).SeismicDesignofBuildingStructures.Professional
Publications.ISBN1888577525.
3. ^Clough,RayW.Penzien,Joseph(1993).DynamicsofStructures.McGrawHill.ISBN0070113947.

Externallinks
NetworkforEarthquakeEngineeringSimulation(NEES)
(http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nees/about.jsp)
AEMEarthquakeSimulation
(http://www.appliedelementmethod.com/StructuralVulnerabilityAssessment.aspx)
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