Are Near-Fault Fling Effects Captured in the New NGA West2 Ground Motion Models?. Issue 3 (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kamai, Ronnie; Abrahamson, Norman
• Is Part Of: Earthquake spectra. Volume 31:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 1629
• Page End: 1645
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Earthquake engineering -- Periodicals; Earthquake engineering; Periodicals; 624.1762
• DOI: 10.1193/101713EQS270M
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 8755-2930

Abstract

We evaluate how much of the fling effect is removed from the NGA database and accompanying GMPEs due to standard strong motion processing. The analysis uses a large set of finite-fault simulations, processed with four different high-pass filter corners, representing the distribution within the PEER ground motion database. The effects of processing on the average horizontal component, the vertical component, and peak ground motion values are evaluated by taking the ratio between unprocessed and processed values. The results show that PGA, PGV, and other spectral values are not significantly affected by processing, partly thanks to the maximum period constraint used when developing the NGA GMPEs, but that the bias in peak ground displacement should not be ignored.