Purpose of the meeting
As part of the 22nd International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT-22), held in San Francisco on August 18-23, 2013, a Special Session on New Developments for Ground Motion Prediction for Stable Continental Regions was held on Friday, August 23, 2013 highlighting PEER’s NGA-East Program. This one-day special session focused on the recent developments for ground motions in stable continental regions that draw on global seismic data for better and more up-to-date characterization of ground motion.
Agenda
August 23, 2013
| 8:00-8:15 | Introduction to the SMiRT special session on ground motion hazard in SCRs (Y. Bozorgnia) |
| 8:15-8:50 | Lessons learned from the seismic hazard assessment of NPPs in Switzerland (P. Renault) |
| 8:50-9:25 | Overview of SSHAC Level 3 project on Seismic Source Characterization of Central Eastern U.S. (Intro by L. Salomone, Technical overview by K. Coppersmith) |
| 9:25-10:00 | Overview of NGA-East: Ground Motion Characterization for Central and Eastern North America: project scope and today’s topics (C. Goulet) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-11:05 | Ground motion database for SCRs: development, attributes and products (C. Cramer) |
| 11:05-11:40 | Reference rock and kappa issues (A. Kottke) |
| 11:40-12:15 | Regionalization: database of crustal properties, 1D crustal regionalization and effects on ground motions (W. Mooney) |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:05 | Evaluation of regional path/source effects from recent earthquake recordings (M. Chapman) |
| 14:05-14:40 | Summary of Geometrical spreading and Q models from recent events (R. Graves) |
| 14:40-15:15 | Ground motion simulations validation – process and summary of results (C. Goulet) |
| 15:15-15:45 | Break |
| 15:45-16:15 | Remaining issues and development of preliminary GMPEs (N. Abrahamson) |
| 16:15-16:45 | Discussions and closing remarks (Y. Bozorgnia, N. Abrahamson, C. Goulet and P. Renault) |
| 16:45-17:00 | SMiRT-22 Conference Closing |