DiffSpecMatch: Differentiable Waveform Inverse Design with Configurable Optimization Modules for Response-Spectrum Matching of Ground Motions
Abstract
Response-spectrum matching is an underdetermined waveform inverse problem in which spectral compatibility must be achieved without uncontrolled changes in other engineering-relevant ground-motion characteristics. This study formulates the problem as differentiable waveform inverse design using a fixed SDOF dynamics engine and configurable optimization modules. An envelope-guided parameterization defines the correction waveform, while a hard projection enforces zero correction-induced terminal velocity and displacement. Differentiable SDOF responses then provide gradients for waveform optimization. Spectral fidelity and Arias-intensity accumulation are treated as adaptive objectives. Spectral feasibility, PGA, total Arias intensity, and displacement-path requirements are incorporated as constraints. The differentiable spectrum operator agrees with an exact solution of the equation of motion to within 0.002%. The complete five-damping configuration achieves a maximum spectral error of 5.00% over 375 ordinates. On a common benchmark, maximum errors of 2.61% and 8.47% are obtained for single- and multi-damping matching, respectively, while retaining the additional waveform constraints. Three-component applications further show that different engineering acceptance requirements can be accommodated through module reconfiguration without changing the forward dynamics.
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BibTeX
@misc{hu2026diffspecmatch,
title = {{DiffSpecMatch: Differentiable Waveform Inverse Design with Configurable Optimization Modules for Response-Spectrum Matching of Ground Motions}},
author = {Xiaohu Hu and Su Chen and Zhijun Dai and Lei Fu and Zhongxiang Zhang and Xiaojun Li},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.19482},
eprint = {2610.19482},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.19482},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - DiffSpecMatch: Differentiable Waveform Inverse Design with Configurable Optimization Modules for Response-Spectrum Matching of Ground Motions
AU - Xiaohu Hu
AU - Su Chen
AU - Zhijun Dai
AU - Lei Fu
AU - Zhongxiang Zhang
AU - Xiaojun Li
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/14
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.19482
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.19482
AB - Response-spectrum matching is an underdetermined waveform inverse problem in which spectral compatibility must be achieved without uncontrolled changes in other engineering-relevant ground-motion characteristics. This study formulates the problem as differentiable waveform inverse design using a fixed SDOF dynamics engine and configurable optimization modules. An envelope-guided parameterization defines the correction waveform, while a hard projection enforces zero correction-induced terminal velocity and displacement. Differentiable SDOF responses then provide gradients for waveform optimization. Spectral fidelity and Arias-intensity accumulation are treated as adaptive objectives. Spectral feasibility, PGA, total Arias intensity, and displacement-path requirements are incorporated as constraints. The differentiable spectrum operator agrees with an exact solution of the equation of motion to within 0.002%. The complete five-damping configuration achieves a maximum spectral error of 5.00% over 375 ordinates. On a common benchmark, maximum errors of 2.61% and 8.47% are obtained for single- and multi-damping matching, respectively, while retaining the additional waveform constraints. Three-component applications further show that different engineering acceptance requirements can be accommodated through module reconfiguration without changing the forward dynamics.
ER -