Spectral analysis of the Beznar dam accelerogram. Comparison with results in the northeastern of Spain

Abstract

Numerical analysis applied to the Beznar dam accelerograms (longitudinal and transversal components) shows that the Fourier amplitude spectrum is a good approximation to the pseudo-velocity spectra. Thís fact makes possible to use displacement ar velocíty seismograrns to generate acceleration of the ground in places where acceleration data are not available. Maximae accelerations determined near and at the Beznar dam are compared wíth the predicted acceleration values far the regían compressed by the Pyrenees Mountains, the lberic System and the Catalonia Coastal Mountains usíng a established theoretical formula far this region. Theoretical and observad values are consistent among them.