10.14 - Practical Application: Earthquake Ground Motion Records
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Practice Questions
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What are ground motion records?
💡 Hint: Think about what instruments measure during seismic events.
Name one numerical integration technique used for evaluating Duhamel's integral.
💡 Hint: This rule is often used for approximating the area under curves.
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What is the primary purpose of Duhamel's Integral in earthquake engineering?
💡 Hint: Remember the contexts it is applied to.
True or False: Ground motion data results are only relevant for seismic design.
💡 Hint: Think about the implications of ground motion data.
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Given a specific earthquake ground motion record, outline a detailed plan for how to analyze the records using Duhamel's integral, including steps for numerical integration.
💡 Hint: Think about how you'd structure your approach to handle data.
Explain how changes in damping ratios would affect the results obtained from Duhamel's integral when analyzing earthquake ground motion. Provide a comparative analysis.
💡 Hint: Consider how damping alters the system’s response characteristics.
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