Peak Ground Velocity definition

Peak Ground Velocity or “PGV” is a measurement of shaking intensity, specifically, the maximum speed (rate of movement) reached by the earth’s surface (“ground”), caused by the Earthquake. PGV will be determined solely and entirely by the Insurer, according to the data reported by the U.S.G.S. The U.S.G.S. publishes publicly- available measurements of PGV and other earthquake intensity measures, for each significant Earthquake Event based on data from accelerometers and the study of geological structures and soil composition throughout the world.
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Examples of Peak Ground Velocity in a sentence

  • The Consultant shall develop pipeline damage estimates for both permanent and transient ground deformations (PGD and TGD) using published fragilities that relate pipeline repair rates as a function of ground deformation for sections of pipeline subjected to PGD and as a function of Peak Ground Velocity (PGV) for TGD.

  • Figure 7.6a and Figure 7.6b illustrate, respectively, the Peak Ground Displacement, PGD, and Peak Ground Velocity, PGV, calculated as the geometric mean of the horizontal components, for a set of receivers located in the Gubbio plain (left) and on outcropping bedrock (right).

  • Similar to that for the backbone system, the Consultant shall develop pipeline damage estimates for both PGD and TGD for distribution system pipelines using published fragilities that relate pipeline repair rates as a function of ground deformation for sections of pipeline subjected to PGD and as a function of Peak Ground Velocity (PGV) for TGD.