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Miscellaneous Notes

daves_notes_on_ratios_of_source_spectra_v1.2.pdf. Equations for ratios of single-corner-frequency source spectra, for use in determining stress parameters from ratios of motions from two closely located events recorded at the same station (the "empirical Green's function" method). [Revised notes added 06 December 2011]

daves_notes_on_relating_density_to_velocity_v1.2.pdf (03/02/2007) .

daves_notes_on_poisson's_ratio.pdf (03/24/2007) .

daves_notes_on_program_wholsp_ptsrc.pdf (07/29/2007) .


Notes on Ground Motions from Earthquakes

comparisons_of_ground_motions_from_the_M_9_tohoku_earthquake_with_gmpes_v1.4.pdf (03/31/2011).


Notes on Time Series Processing

daves_notes_at_what_period_does_psa_equal_pga.pdf (09/30/2010).

filter_only_question_22april09.pdf (04/22/2009) .

dependence_of_fourier_amplitude_spectra_at_low_frequencies_on_zero_pads.pdf (03/23/2009).

notes_concerning_why_rs_for_large_damping_can_be_greater_than_rs_for_a_smaller_damping_v1.00.pdf (02/05/2009).

properties_of_butterworth_filters.pdf (07/31/2008).

notes on smoothing over logarithmically spaced freqs.pdf (03/07/2008).

daves_notes_on_tapering_before_filtering.pdf (08/03/2007).

response_spectra_need_for_double_precision.pdf (06/06/2006).

notes_on_checking_shape_of_fas_for_locut.pdf (01/10/2006).

comments_pga_filtering_spectral_shape.pdf (07/30/2004).

lowest_usable_freq_for_response_spectra_v20.pdf (07/15/2004).

choice_of_filter_order.pdf (04/24/2004).

rs_same_fas_different_durations.pdf (04/06/2004).

causal_acausal_low_cut_filters.pdf (12/28/2003).

rampdis.pdf (12/28/2003).

aa_pa_rv_pv_2.pdf (12/28/2003). (some notes on the definitions and asymptotic properties of various definitions of response spectra)

sd_for_directivity_pulses.pdf (11/22/2003).

notes_on_processing.pdf (09/03/2003).

fling_step.pdf (07/25/2003).

acausal_filter_forward_reverse.pdf (07/21/2003). (making sure that the forward and reverse time-domain filtering is working)

interchange_filter_integration.pdf (07/21/2003).


Notes to Supplement the Boore-Atkinson 2007 & 2008 PEER NGA1 GMPEs

dont_call_them_attenuation_relations.pdf (07/21/2006). These notes are an appeal to do away with the term "attenuation relations". These notes were repeated in section A.1 of Appendix A (). of Boore and Atkinson (2007), in which I proposed the term "Ground-Motion Prediction Equations", or "GMPEs". This term seems to have caught on and is now being used globally.

daves_notes_whats_wrong_with_duzce.pdf (11/17/2006).

pinyon_flat_locations_summary.pdf (11/15/2006).

questioning_sf71_pacoima_dam_filtering.pdf (11/15/2006).

m_for_big_bear_city_and_yorba_linda_eqs.pdf (11/15/2006).

daves_notes_smr_locations_anderson_dam_and_cedar_springs_dam.pdf (11/15/2006).

daves_notes_comparing_teamx_bjf_14augustjuly2005.pdf (10/25/2006).

daves_notes_on_including nonlinear_amps_26july2005.pdf (10/25/2006).

choice of rle400 or rle80 equations.pdf (10/24/2006).

daves_notes_mechrake_c3_stage1_stage2_pga_25july2005.pdf (10/24/2006).

daves_notes_compare_park04_anza_bbc_yl_psa.pdf (08/24/2006).

fault_classification_using_p_t_axes.pdf (12/06/2005).

lex_lgpc_comparison.pdf (12/06/2005).

more data for cape mendocino 1992.pdf (12/06/2005).

regarding_pump_station_10_record.pdf (12/06/2005).

notes_on_rinaldi_record.pdf (12/06/2005).

steidl_email_la00_10jan03.pdf (02/15/2005).

cm92_interface_or_not_4nga.pdf (01/12/2005).

notes_on_tabas_records.pdf (06/17/2004).