06-01-2010, 09:42 PM
Gentlemen
Thanks for your inputs, I really appreciate your help.
Hazus,
Do you know where can I get Crisis mich?, I got seisrisk III (Thanks to Onest30) from USGS web site. This one doesn´t seem to be user friendly - easy to operate.
mig21 and chigozie,
The project my firm is working on is located in the caribbean, for some reason that country doesn´t have a structural or seismic code.
I have been doing some research in obtaining PGA from SDS/2.5 (Is this the deterministic approach??). I Noticed SDS depends on Fa and Ss. I can obtain Ss from any of the 14 spectral maps provided by IBC. The problem is these maps are only for US territories, as
I told you before, the project I am working on is not.
Jacs127
thanks for your help. I will try to get EZ-FRISK. I consider the project I am working on very important as it is a resort and it is located about 15 miles from a fault zone area, therefore it is a big concern to me to obtain the adequate Agmax. As I told Hazus, I used Donovan´s approach (1973) which involves the EQ magnitude and the distance to the epicenter but I am not sure how well accepted or widely used it is as most of the people I have spoken with, don´t know Donovan´s approach.
Thanks again guys, no question the threat is turning very interesting.
Thanks for your inputs, I really appreciate your help.
Hazus,
Do you know where can I get Crisis mich?, I got seisrisk III (Thanks to Onest30) from USGS web site. This one doesn´t seem to be user friendly - easy to operate.
mig21 and chigozie,
The project my firm is working on is located in the caribbean, for some reason that country doesn´t have a structural or seismic code.
I have been doing some research in obtaining PGA from SDS/2.5 (Is this the deterministic approach??). I Noticed SDS depends on Fa and Ss. I can obtain Ss from any of the 14 spectral maps provided by IBC. The problem is these maps are only for US territories, as
I told you before, the project I am working on is not.
Jacs127
thanks for your help. I will try to get EZ-FRISK. I consider the project I am working on very important as it is a resort and it is located about 15 miles from a fault zone area, therefore it is a big concern to me to obtain the adequate Agmax. As I told Hazus, I used Donovan´s approach (1973) which involves the EQ magnitude and the distance to the epicenter but I am not sure how well accepted or widely used it is as most of the people I have spoken with, don´t know Donovan´s approach.
Thanks again guys, no question the threat is turning very interesting.