Analyzing the Sufficiency of Alternative Scalar and Vector Intensity Measures of Ground Shaking Based on Information Theory

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-316

  Jalayer, F ^a   Beck, J L ^b   Zareian, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground motion uncertainty; Information theory; Intensity measure; Performance based seismic assessment; Relative entropy

Indexed keywords

FRAME STRUCTURE; GROUND MOTION UNCERTAINTY; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-SHAKING; INTENSITY MEASURE; NONLINEAR DRIFTS; PERFORMANCE BASED DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC DESCRIPTIONS; RELATIVE ENTROPY; SCALAR PARAMETERS; SEISMIC ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTRAL ORDINATES; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TIME HISTORY; VECTOR INTENSITY MEASURES; VECTOR VALUED;

BUDGET CONTROL; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; INFORMATION THEORY; SEISMIC DESIGN;

VECTORS;

CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GROUND MOTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84859325192     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000327     Document Type: Article

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