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Paul Somerville
Researcher at AECOM
Publications - 123
Citations - 7927
Paul Somerville is an academic researcher from AECOM. The author has contributed to research in topics: Seismogram & Strong ground motion. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 121 publications receiving 7074 citations. Previous affiliations of Paul Somerville include Woodward, Inc. & URS Corporation.
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Modification of Empirical Strong Ground Motion Attenuation Relations to Include the Amplitude and Duration Effects of Rupture Directivity
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed modifications to empirical strong ground motion attenuation relations to account for the effects of rupture directivity on strong motion amplitudes and durations, based on an empirical analysis of near-fault data.
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Characterizing Crustal Earthquake Slip Models for the Prediction of Strong Ground Motion
Paul Somerville,Kojiro Irikura,Robert W. Graves,Sumio Sawada,David J. Wald,Norman A. Abrahamson,Yoshinori Iwasaki,Takao Kagawa,Nancy F. Smith,Akira Kowada +9 more
TL;DR: A large amount of work has been done in recent years to estimate the distribution of slip on the fault surface during earthquakes as mentioned in this paper, and these slip models are derived from longer period ground motions: strong-motion velocity and displacement, and teleseismic velocity seismograms.
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Attenuation Relations of Strong Ground Motion in Japan Using Site Classification Based on Predominant Period
John X. Zhao,Jian Zhang,Akihiro Asano,Yuki Ohno,Taishi Oouchi,Toshimasa Takahashi,Hiroshi Ogawa,Kojiro Irikura,Hong K. Thio,Paul Somerville,Yasuhiro Fukushima,Yoshimitsu Fukushima +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a spectral acceleration attenuation model for Japan is presented, which includes a very large number of strong ground-motion records up to the 2003 Off Tokach main and aftershocks.
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Magnitude scaling of the near fault rupture directivity pulse
TL;DR: In this article, a model for the acceleration response spectra of near fault fault-normal ground motions that includes the magnitude dependence of the period of the response spectral peak is presented.
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Ground motion evaluation procedures for performance-based design
Jonathan P. Stewart,Shyh Jeng Chiou,Jonathan D. Bray,Robert W. Graves,Paul Somerville,Norman A. Abrahamson +5 more
TL;DR: This paper provides a brief synthesis of ground motion analysis procedures within a performance-based design framework, and is a summary of a recent report to which the reader is referred for details.