page_title: Earthquake simulation
hierarchical_section_title: Earthquake simulation
caption_attribution_description: English: PrintScreen images of concurrent computer models animation using Earthquake Performance Evaluation Tool One. For the online version, called Earthquake Performance Evaluation Tool Online, see [1].
context_page_description: Earthquake simulation applies a real or simulated vibrational input to a structure that possesses the essential features of a real seismic event. Earthquake simulations are generally performed to study the effects of earthquakes on man-made engineered structures, or on natural features which may present a hazard during an earthquake.
  Dynamic experiments on building and non-building structures may be physical – as with shake-table testing – or virtual. In all cases, to verify a structure's expected seismic performance, researchers prefer to deal with so called 'real time-histories' though the last cannot be 'real' for a hypothetical earthquake specified by either a building code or by some particular research requirements.
context_section_description: Earthquake simulation applies a real or simulated vibrational input to a structure that possesses the essential features of a real seismic event.  Earthquake simulations are generally performed to study the effects of earthquakes on man-made engineered structures, or on natural features which may present a hazard during an earthquake.
  Dynamic experiments on building and non-building structures may be physical – as with shake-table testing – or virtual (based on computer simulation).  In all cases, to verify a structure's expected seismic performance, researchers prefer to deal with so called 'real time-histories' though the last cannot be 'real' for a hypothetical earthquake specified by either a building code or by some particular research requirements.
caption: PrintScreen images of concurrent computer models animation
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