The focus of this paper is the structural response of multi-story structures to near-fault ground
motions, and whether structural response is dominated by the ground motion pulses present …

The double impulse is introduced as a substitute of the fling-step near-fault ground motion. A
closed-form solution of the elastic–plastic response of a structure on compliant (flexible) …

The characteristics of near-fault and far-field earthquakes differ. Records suggest that a near-
fault ground motion is characterized by a large high-energy pulse and a distinctive pulse …

Studying the applicability of existing bridge and track systems of high-speed railway in near-
fault areas is crucial and urgent, because the current seismic design methods seldom …

Near-fault strong ground motions that resulted in serious structural damage are
characterized by directivity effect and pulse-type motion. Large-amplitude and long-period …

In the near-fault region of an earthquake, ground motions are strongly affected by complex
mechanisms and can be significantly different from typical far-fault ground motions. Although …

The orientations of ground motions are paramount when the pulse‐like motions and their
unfavorable seismic responses are considered. This paper addresses the stochastic …

A wide variety of near-fault strong ground motion records were collected from various
tectonic environments worldwide and were used to study the peak value ratio and response …

Ground motion records obtained in recent major strong earthquakes have provided
evidence that ground motions recorded near the near-fault regions differ in many cases from …

A great number of free-field ground motion records are obtained during the 1999 Chi-Chi,
Taiwan, earthquake. Records from 130 near fault free-field stations within 55km to the …