PEER Reports

PEER Reports

New PEER Report 2019/02: "Direct-Finite-Element Method for Nonlinear Earthquake Analysis of Concrete Dams Including Dam–Water–Foundation Rock Interaction"

May 15, 2019

PEER has just published Report No. 2019/02: "Direct-Finite-Element Method for Nonlinear Earthquake Analysis of Concrete Dams Including Dam–Water–Foundation Rock Interaction." It was authored by Arnkjell Løkke and Anil Chopra.

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Abstract

Evaluating the seismic performance of concrete dams requires nonlinear dynamic analysis of two- or three-dimensional dam–water–foundation rock systems that include all the...

New PEER Report 2018/01: “PEER Annual Report 2017 – 2018”

July 9, 2018

PEER has just published Report No. 2018/01: “PEER Annual Report 2017 – 2018.” This report was prepared by PEER staff, led by Khalid Mosalam, Amarnath Kasalanati and Selim Günay. It contains a summary of research, educational and outreach activities at the PEER Center from July 2017 to June 2018.

PEER Annual Report 2017-2018

Executive Summary

The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) is a multi-institutional research and...

New PEER Report 2019/01: "Flow-Failure Case History of the Las Palmas, Chile, Tailings Dam"

March 12, 2019

PEER has just published Report No. 2019/01: “Flow-Failure Case History of the Las Palmas, Chile, Tailings Dam." It was authored by R.E.S. Moss, T.R. Gebhart, D.J. Frost, and C. Ledezma.

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Abstract

This report documents the flow failure of the Las Palmas tailings dam that was induced by the 27 February 2010 Maule Chile M8.8 earthquake. The Las Palmas site is located in Central Chile in Region VII near the...

New PEER Report 2018/04: "Capturing Directivity Effects in the Mean and Aleatory Variability of the NGA-West2 Ground-Motion Prediction Equations"

January 11, 2019

PEER has just published Report No. 2018/04: “Capturing Directivity Effects in the Mean and Aleatory Variability of the NGA-West2 Ground-Motion Prediction Equations.” It was authored by Jennie A. Watson-Lamprey, Slate Geotechnical Consultants.

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Abstract

We expect there to be locations around a rupture that experience both positive and negative directivity effects more than others. The concept was to develop...

PEER Reports: LaTex Template

January 15, 2019

PEER has just released a LaTex report template for use in creating PEER-formatted research reports. This template was developed in response to requests from researchers to include a LaTex template in addition to the current WORD template. This LaTex template approximates as closely as possible the current WORD template.

PEER would like to thank Professor Pedro Arduino and his research colleagues at the University of Washington for their generosity in letting PEER use their file as the basis for the PEER Report LaTex Template. PEER has included the CLS file, naturally, and has also...

New PEER Report 2018/06: "Estimation of Shear Demands on Rock Socketed Drilled Shafts subjected to Lateral Loading"

January 8, 2019

PEER has just published Report No. 2018/06: “Estimation of Shear Demands on Rock Socketed Drilled Shafts subjected to Lateral Loading.” It was authored by Pedro Arduino, Long Chen, Christopher R. McGann.

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Abstract

This report presents results of an evaluation study on the applicability of current design procedures (based on p-y curves) to the analysis of large-diameter shafts socketed in rock, and the...

New PEER Report 2018/05: "Selection of Random Vibration Procedures for the NGA-East Project"

January 8, 2019

PEER has just published Report No. 2018/05: “Selection of Random Vibration Procedures for the NGA-East Project.” It was authored by Albert Kottke, Norman A. Abrahamson, David M. Boore, Yousef Bozorgnia, Christine Goulet, Justin Hollenback, Tadahiro Kishida, Armen Der Kiureghian, Olga-Joan Ktenidou, Nicolas Kuehn, Ellen M. Rathje, Walter J. Silva, Eric Thompson, and Xiaoyue Wang.

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Abstract

Pseudo-spectral...

New PEER Report 2018/07: "An Empirical Model for Fourier Amplitude Spectra using the NGA-West2 Database"

January 8, 2019

PEER has just published Report No. 2018/07: “An Empirical Model for Fourier Amplitude Spectra using the NGA-West2 Database.” It was authored by Jeff Bayless and Norman A. Abrahamson.

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Abstract

An empirical ground-motion model (GMM) for shallow crustal earthquakes in California and Nevada based on the NGA-West2 database [Ancheta et al. 2014] is presented. Rather than the traditional response spectrum...

New PEER Report 2018/03: "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Code Verification"

September 10, 2018

PEER has just published Report No. 2018/03: “Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Code Verification.” It was authored by Christie Hale, Norman Abrahamson, and Yousef Bozorgnia.

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Abstract

Over the past decade, the use of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) to assess seismic hazards has expanded, leading to the creation of a number of new PSHA computer codes throughout the industry. Additionally,...

New PEER Report 2017/12: “Experimental Investigation of the Behavior of Vintage and Retrofit Concentrically Braced Steel Frames under Cyclic Loading"

August 9, 2018

PEER has just published Report No. 2017/12: “Experimental Investigation of the Behavior of Vintage and Retrofit Concentrically Braced Steel Frames under Cyclic Loading.” It was authored by Barbara G. Simpson, Stephen A. Mahin, and Jiun-Wei Lai.

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Abstract

The parallel evolution of seismic design provisions and braced-frame research has led to inconsistencies between the design and construction of braced...