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For near-fault ground motions, an important intensity measure is the Instantaneous Power, denoted as IP(T₁). This metric directly quantifies the amount of energy delivered to a structure over a very short duration. Where:

T₁ = Fundamental period of the structure.

The velocity record is first bandpass-filtered around the period of interest.

Power is measured over a moving window of duration 0.5 × T₁.

The maximum value within this window defines the intensity measure.

 

This measure captures the short-duration, high-energy bursts that are typical of near-fault motions with velocity pulses.

 

Figure: A-STU (RSN 292) record IP2

 

 

 

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