APPLICATION OF AN EMPIRICAL EXTREME-VALUE DISTRIBUTION TO LOAD MODELS

An empirical extreme value distribution with lower and upper bounds pr oposed by the author is applied to represent probability distribution models for maximum load intensities of the earthquake ground motion, t he wind speed, and the live load in supermarkets. One of the difficult ies in the estimation of the parameters is determining the upper bound value. Nevertheless application of the proposed distribution to the a nnual maximum earthquake ground motion results in considerable improve ments over other models. Possible improvements to the annual maximum w ind speed model are discussed. The proposed distribution is also a goo d candidate for the live load extremes.