micks87
Structural
- Feb 10, 2014
- 16
Hi Folks,
I am quite new to earthquake engineering and was hoping someone could help me out.
I am looking at the El Centro 1940 quake and trying to plot the earthquakes response spectrum. I am using excel.
At this stage, I have plotted Acceleration v Time, Velocity v Time and Displacement v Time. I have derived values for velocity and displacement using acceleration for both X and Y directions.
I would like to know, if some can help me, how do I plot the response spectrum for Spectral Acceleration v Period, Sa v T. My base Sa = 0.32g (x direction) and 0.096g (y direction). Also I have been trying to use Sa = a(t) + ag(t) to solve this problem but not getting anywhere. This may be very simple but I am unsure how to go about this.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers M
I am quite new to earthquake engineering and was hoping someone could help me out.
I am looking at the El Centro 1940 quake and trying to plot the earthquakes response spectrum. I am using excel.
At this stage, I have plotted Acceleration v Time, Velocity v Time and Displacement v Time. I have derived values for velocity and displacement using acceleration for both X and Y directions.
I would like to know, if some can help me, how do I plot the response spectrum for Spectral Acceleration v Period, Sa v T. My base Sa = 0.32g (x direction) and 0.096g (y direction). Also I have been trying to use Sa = a(t) + ag(t) to solve this problem but not getting anywhere. This may be very simple but I am unsure how to go about this.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers M