简介:Characteristicperiodisanimportantparameteroftheseismicdesignresponsespectrum.Thereisimportanttheoreticalsignificanceandengineeringapplicationvaluetothestudyofthecharacteristicperiodofseismicdesignresponsespectrumofultrahighvoltage(UHV)electricalequipment.Inthispaper,1448horizontalearthquakerecordswithintheworldscopeincludingtheUnitedStatesandJapanforSiteClassⅢwereanalyzed.Resultsshowthatbothmagnitudeandepicentraldistancehavegreatinfluenceonthecharacteristicperiod.About80%ofcharacteristicperiodsofstrongearthquakerecordsareabout0.9s.Statisticalanalysiswasconductedontheseismichazardassessmentresultsof312projectsofChinainrecentyears,anditisfoundthatabout70%ofcharacteristicperiodsareabout0.9s.Combinedwiththerelatedcodecomparisonandanalysis,itissuggestedthatthecharacteristicperiodoftheseismicdesignresponsespectrumofUHVelectricalequipmentshouldselect0.9sinordertoeffectivelyguaranteetheseismicsafetyofUHVelectricalequipment.