Quantification of Seismic Action on Structures

Studies related to a project sponsored by NATO, in the frame of the Program „Science for Peace”.

AUTHORS

Romania:
Horea SANDI (Project Director & Editor), Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania, Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy, Ioan Sorin BORCIA, National Building Research Institute, INCERC, Bucharest.

Russian Federation:
Felix F. APTIKAEV, Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Olga O. ERTELEVA, Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Republic of Moldova: Vasile ALCAZ, Institute of Geology and Seismology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sandi, H.: Foreword 7

P.1. Sandi, H., Floricel, I. – Some alternative instrumental measures of ground motion severity 11

P.2. Aptikaev F. – Instrumental seismic intensity scale 23

P.3. Aptikaev F. (editor) – Project of Russian Seismic Intensity Scale RIS-04 31

P.4. Sandi, H. – Bridging a gap between seismologists and engineers: possible restructuring of the intensity scale(s) 45

P.5. Sandi, H., Aptikaev, F., Alcaz, V., Borcia, I. S., Drumea, A., Erteleva, O., Roman, A – A NATO project on deriving improved (instrumental) criteria for seismic intensity assessment 57

P.6. Sandi, H. & Borcia, I. S. – Damage spectra and intensity spectra for recent Vrancea earthquakes 67

P.7. Aptikaev F.F., Mokrushina N.G., Erteleva O.O. -The Mercalli Family of Seismic Intensity Scale 79

P.8. Aptikaev F., Borcia I. S., Erteleva, O., Sandi H., Alcaz V. – Development of instrumental criteria for intensity estimate. Some studies performed in the frame of a NATO project 85

P.9. Borcia, I. S., Sandi, H. – Techniques and results of processing of macroseismic and instrumental information for sample events, in relation to the calibration of instrumental criteria 95

P.10. Alcaz, V, Borcia, I. S., Sandi, H. – Some data and results concerning ground motion in Moldova during recent strong earthquakes of 1986 and 1990 113

P.11. Borcia, I. S., Sandi, H., Aptikaev, F., Erteleva, O., Alcaz V. – Some statistical results related to the correlation of macroseismic estimates with instrumental estimates of seismic intensity 125

P.12. Sandi, H., Borcia, I. S. – A major reason to fundamentally revise the traditional concept of macroseismic intensity: to avoid possible zonation mistakes. An illustrative case 195

Personal Data of the Authors 215