The Stability of Ground Motions Randomly Synthesized for an Engineering Site

Abstract

The ground motions at two rock stations where motions were recorded during the great Wenchuan earthquae are randomly synthsized for 10 times. The mean response spectrum and mean PGA of each synthesis and the general mean spectrum and PGA after each synthesis are calculated. The result shows the fact that the general mean spectrum after 10 syntheses, and the general mean PGA could be improved just a little. It means that it is not necessary to synthsize ground motion many times for an engineering site in practice, if the mean spectrum and PG are taken from the syntheses by 30 source models.