
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Generation of spectrum compatible site-dependent earthquake
load histories by evolutionary approach
F. Carli & C. Carino
Dipartemento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura, Univ. di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
ABSTRACT: In this work a generation procedure for sets of simulated accelerograms is formulated on the
basis of an assigned target design spectrum. The proposed approach accounts for both amplitude and frequency
content variability in time. The evolutionary model is based on the assumption of decoupling ...