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In this paper, three existing source spectral models for stochastic finite-fault modeling of ground motion were reviewed. These three models were used to calculate the far-field received energy at a site from a vertical fault and the mean spectral ratio over 15 stations of the Northridge earthquake, and then compared. From the comparison, a necessary measure was observed to maintain the far-field received energy independent of subfault size and avoid overestimation of the long-period spectral level. Two improvements were made to one of the three models (i.e., the model based on dynamic corner frequency) as follows: (i) a new method to compute the subfault corner frequency was proposed, where the subfault corner frequency is determined based on a basic value calculated from the total seismic moment of the entire fault and an increment depending on the seismic moment assigned to the subfault; and (ii) the difference of the radiation energy from each subfault was considered into the scaling factor. The improved model was also compared with the unimproved model through the far-field received energy and the mean spectral ratio. The comparison proves that the improved model allows the received energy to be more independent of subfault size than the unimproved model, and decreases the overestimation degree of the long-period spectral amplitude.
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Supported by: National Natural Science Foundation of China Under Grant No. 50778058 and 90715038; National Key Technology R&D Program Under Contract No. 2006BAC13B02
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Sun, X., Tao, X. & Chen, F. Improvements of corner frequency and scaling factor for stochastic finite-fault modeling. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 9, 503–511 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-010-0032-2
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