  A recently proposed method for scaling real accelerograms to obtain sets of
code-compliant records is assessed. The method, which uses combined time and
amplitude scaling, corroborated with an imposed value of an instrumental, Arias
type intensity, allows the generation of sets of accelerograms for which the
values of the mean response spectrum for a given period range are not less than
90% of the elastic response spectrum specified by the code. The method, which
is compliant with both for the Romanian seismic code, P100-1/2006, and Eurocode
8, was described in previous papers. Based on dynamic analyses of
single-degree-of freedom (SDOF) and of multi degree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems,
a detailed application and assessment of the method is performed, for the case
of the long corner period design spectrum in Bucharest. Conclusions are drawn
on the advantages of the method, as well as on its potential improvement in the
future.
