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Article: A design spectrum model for flexible soil sites in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity

TitleA design spectrum model for flexible soil sites in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity
Authors
KeywordsCode
Design spectrum
Displacement
Resonance
Site factor
Soil amplification
Issue Date2017
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/soildyn
Citation
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017, v. 92, p. 36-45 How to Cite?
AbstractDesign spectrum (DS) models in major codes of practice for structural design of buildings typically stipulate empirical site factors for each of the five, or six, site classes. Although the phenomenon of resonant like amplification behaviour of the structure caused by multiple wave reflections is well known, the potentials for such periodic amplification behaviour are not explicitly considered in code models. This is partly because of expert opinion that such effects are very 'localised' in the frequency domain and can be suppressed readily by damping. However, investigations into the risk of collapse of non-ductile, and irregular structural systems, common in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity, revealed the extensive influence of periodic base excitations on flexible soil sites (with initial small-strain natural period T-i > 0.5 s). In this paper, an alternative DS model which addresses the important phenomenon of soil resonance without the need of computational site response analysis of the subsurface model of the site is introduced.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/242795
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dc.contributor.authorTsang, HH-
dc.contributor.authorWilson, JL-
dc.contributor.authorLam, NTK-
dc.contributor.authorSu, RKL-
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-25T02:45:24Z-
dc.date.available2017-08-25T02:45:24Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017, v. 92, p. 36-45-
dc.identifier.issn0267-7261-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/242795-
dc.description.abstractDesign spectrum (DS) models in major codes of practice for structural design of buildings typically stipulate empirical site factors for each of the five, or six, site classes. Although the phenomenon of resonant like amplification behaviour of the structure caused by multiple wave reflections is well known, the potentials for such periodic amplification behaviour are not explicitly considered in code models. This is partly because of expert opinion that such effects are very 'localised' in the frequency domain and can be suppressed readily by damping. However, investigations into the risk of collapse of non-ductile, and irregular structural systems, common in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity, revealed the extensive influence of periodic base excitations on flexible soil sites (with initial small-strain natural period T-i > 0.5 s). In this paper, an alternative DS model which addresses the important phenomenon of soil resonance without the need of computational site response analysis of the subsurface model of the site is introduced.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/soildyn-
dc.relation.ispartofSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCode-
dc.subjectDesign spectrum-
dc.subjectDisplacement-
dc.subjectResonance-
dc.subjectSite factor-
dc.subjectSoil amplification-
dc.titleA design spectrum model for flexible soil sites in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailSu, RKL: klsu@hkucc.hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authoritySu, RKL=rp00072-
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.09.035-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84992034550-
dc.identifier.hkuros273778-
dc.identifier.volume92-
dc.identifier.spage36-
dc.identifier.epage45-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000391077300004-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl0267-7261-

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