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New PEER Report Published: 2014/13 Preliminary Notes and Observations on the August 24, 2014, South Napa Earthquake

PEER ReportsPEER has just published Report No. 2014/13 titled “Preliminary Notes and Observations on the August 24, 2014, South Napa Earthquake” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. The information contained in the report is the result of extensive preliminary field reconnaissance and initial analysis of ground motion records obtained in the days following...

New PEER Report Published: 2014/13 Preliminary Notes and Observations on the August 24, 2014, South Napa Earthquake

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/13 titled “Preliminary Notes and Observations on the August 24, 2014, South Napa Earthquake” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. The information contained in the report is the result of extensive preliminary field reconnaissance and initial analysis of ground motion records obtained in the days following the South Napa earthquake on August 24, 2014. A large number of faculty,...

New PEER Report Published: 2014/14 “Scaling Relations between Seismic Moment and Rupture Area of Earthquakes in Stable Continental Regions”

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/14 titled “Scaling Relations between Seismic Moment and Rupture Area of Earthquakes in Stable Continental Regions” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Paul Somerville.

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Introduction:
This report, which is a follow-up to a previous in-depth investigation [Somerville 2011], describes the development of scaling relations between seismic moment and rupture area of...

New PEER Report Published: 2014/15 “NGA-East Regionalization Report: Comparison of Four Crustal Regions within Central and Eastern North America using Waveform Modeling and 5%-Damped Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration Response”

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/15 titled “NGA-East Regionalization Report: Comparison of Four Crustal Regions within Central and Eastern North America using Waveform Modeling and 5%-Damped Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration Response” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Jennifer Dreiling, Marius P. Isken, Walter D. Mooney, Martin C. Chapman, and Richard W. Godbee.

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Abstract:
An important aspect of...

New PEER Report Published: 2014/17 “PEER NGA-East Database”

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/17 titled “PEER NGA-East Database” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Christine A. Goulet, Tadahiro Kishida, Timothy D. Ancheta, Chris H. Cramer, Robert B. Darragh, Walter J. Silva, Youssef M.A. Hashash, Joseph Harmon, Jonathan P. Stewart, Katie E. Wooddell, and Robert R. Youngs.

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Abstract:
This report serves as a documentation of the ground motion database...

New PEER Report: 2014/16 “Guidelines for Performing Hazard-Consistent One-Dimensional Ground Response Analysis for Ground Motion Prediction”

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/16 titled “Guidelines for Performing Hazard-Consistent One-Dimensional Ground Response Analysis for Ground Motion Prediction” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Jonathan P. Stewart, Kioumars Afshari, and Youssef M.A. Hashash.

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Abstract:
Along with source and path effects, site response analysis is a vital component of earthquake ground motion prediction. Semi...

New PEER Report: 2014/19 “Seismic Response of a Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Bridge Column Detailed for Accelerated Bridge Construction”

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/19 titled “Seismic Response of a Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Bridge Column Detailed for Accelerated Bridge Construction” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Wilson Nguyen, William Trono, Marios Panagiotou, and Claudia P. Ostertag.

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Abstract:
With the expected rehabilitation and replacement of damaged reinforced concrete bridges to occur in the next...

New PEER Report: 2014/18 “Three-Dimensional Beam-Truss Model for Reinforced-Concrete Walls and Slabs Subjected to Cyclic Static or Dynamic Loading”

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/18 titled “Three-Dimensional Beam-Truss Model for Reinforced-Concrete Walls and Slabs Subjected to Cyclic Static or Dynamic Loading” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Yuan Lu, Marios Panagiotou, and Ioannis Koutromanos.

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Abstract:
The three-dimensional (3D) beam-truss model (BTM) for reinforced concrete (RC) walls, which was developed by the first two...

New PEER Report: 2014/20 “Stochastic Modeling and Simulation of Near-Fault Ground Motions for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering”

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/20 titled “Stochastic Modeling and Simulation of Near-Fault Ground Motions for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Mayssa Dabaghi and Armen Der Kiureghian.

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Abstract:
A comprehensive parameterized stochastic model of near-fault ground motions in two orthogonal horizontal directions is developed. The proposed model...

New PEER Report: 2015/03 “Single Series Solution for the Rectangular Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Isolator Compression Modulus”

PEER has just published Report No. 2015/03 titled “Single Series Solution for the Rectangular Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Isolator Compression Modulus” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by James M. Kelly and Niel C. Van Engelen.

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Abstract:
Fiber-reinforced elastomeric bearings were originally proposed as an alternative to conventional steel-reinforced elastomeric bearings for seismic isolation...