Loading and spectral matching of accelerograms

This section provides information on how to get started with SeismoMatch. Within these topics users will find a description of how to load the accelerograms that are to be spectrum-matched, the various options in which the target spectrum can be defined, and the algorithm employed to adjust the accelerograms and make them match the target spectrum.

• Loading acceleration time-histories (Step 1)
• Defining the Target Spectrum (Step 2)
• Spectral matching (Step 3)

It is noted that matching with/of a set of records can be paused anytime, and later resumed. In order to do so, users should save the current work as a 'Project' (through the File > Save Project or the File > Save Project As... menu command). Once a project has been created, it is possible to save it, close it, open another existing project, create a new one (through the File > New Project menu command), etc. Each existing project can be reopened through the File > Open Project menu command.

Users may also Download Strong Motion Data from the most well-known on-line earthquake record databases.