Estimating Unknown Input Parameters when Implementing the NGA Ground-Motion Prediction Equations in

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Estimating Unknown Input Parameters when Implementing the NGA Ground-Motion Prediction Equations in Engineering Practice

James Kaklamanos, S.M.EERI

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, Laurie G. Baise, M.EERI

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, and David M. Boore

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^aDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 113 Anderson Hall, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155

 

^bEarthquake Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 977, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025

 

 

 

Abstract

The ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs) developed as part of the Next Generation Attenuation of Ground Motions (NGA-West) project in 2008 are becoming widely used in seismic hazard analyses. However, these new models are considerably more complicated than previous GMPEs, and they require several more input parameters. When employing the NGA models, users routinely face situations in which some of the required input parameters are unknown. In this paper, we present a framework for estimating the unknown source, path, and site parameters when implementing the NGA models in engineering practice, and we derive geometrically-based equations relating the three distance measures found in the NGA models. Our intent is for the content of this paper not only to make the NGA models more accessible, but also to help with the implementation of other present or future GMPEs.

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