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In this paper, a new method for seismic hazard analysis, the probability-consistent method based on practical ground surface motion is proposed. Time histories on ground surface in the method correspond to earthquakes occurring at potential sources around sites. So of the envelope parameter, response spectrum, peak ground acceleration are of physical sense. Neglecting the response of site soil layers, the method is the same as routine probability-consistent method. The natural seismic acceleration time histories can be used for input wave directly. Generating ground motion is an approximation under lack of data of strong motion. Along with accumulating of the strong motion data around sites, we can describe the seismic environment more objectively.
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The paper is supported by Chinese Joint Seismological Science Foundation (196197) and Foundation by Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai City (952512017)
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Cai, CQ., Shen, JW. A probability-consistent method based on practical ground surface motion. Acta Seimol. Sin. 11, 565–572 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-998-0071-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-998-0071-1