Acceleration (g) ° ° a ° a Acceleration (g) ° ° a ° S & & Acceleration (g) ° © a Gilroy No.1 Gilroy No.2 + : 505 - ; East - West s East - West =o 3 8 L t fo5 L i £ 0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40 Time (sec) Time (sec) ; B05 T North - South 5 North - South 5 § 0 i i i -0.5 L 0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40 Time (sec) Time (sec) B05 7 Vertical 5 Vertical §o a 8 <5 i i i 0 10 20 30 40 oO 10 20 30 40 Time (sec) Time (sec) Figure 3.1 Acceleration time histories recorded at two sites in Gilroy, California during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The Gilroy No. 1 instrument was located on an outcrop of Franciscan sandstone, while the Gilroy No. 2 instrument was underlain by 165 m (540 ft) of stiff, alluvial soils. The Gilroy No. 1 (rock) and Gilroy No. 2 (soil) sites were located at epicentral distances of 21.8 km (13.5 miles) and 22.8 km (14.2 miles), respectively.Velocity (cm/sec) Acceleration (g) Displacement (cm) Gilroy No.1 East - West Gilroy No.2 East - West 05 605 - c 2 & 0 wen 2 oo oO < : : : -0.5 : : 0 10 20 30 AO QO 10 20 30 40 Time (sec) Time (sec) 40 @ 40 & 20 | € 20 0 IRIE nytt Pee ne ar > 0 Ul Atal -20 S -20 @ -40 i : > 40 : : ! 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40 Time (sec) Time (sec) 20 & 20 10 -| = 10} ~ Oo ok wer 5 0 L Neue 10 fe B -to}- - oO 20 : : : B 29 i : : | 0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40 Time (sec) Time (sec) Figure 3.10 Acceleration, velocity, and displacement time histories for the E-W components of the Gilroy No. 1 (rock) and Gilroy No. 2 (soil) strong motion records. The velocities and displacements were obtained by integrating the acceleration records shown in Figure 3.1 using the trapezoidal rule. Note that the Gilroy No. 1 (rock) site experienced higher accelerations, but the Gilroy No. 2 (soil) site experienced higher velocities and displacements.Fourier amplitude, (g — sec) Fourier amplitude, (g — sec) Gilroy No. 1 (rock) Period — sec Figure 3.13 Fourier amplitude spectra for the E-W components of the Giltuy No. 1 (rock) and Gilroy No. 2 (soil) strong motion records. Fourier spectra were obtained by discrete Fourier transform (Section A.3.3 of Appendix A) and consequently have units of velocity, Fourier amplitude spectra can also be plotted as functions of frequency (see Figure E3.3).