Simplified Procedures for Estimating Earthquake-Induced Displacements

Simplified Procedures for Estimating Earthquake-Induced Displacements
Author: Jorge Luis Macedo Escudero
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Total Pages: 159
Release: 2017
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Engineers find value in using simplified procedures to estimate seismically induced permanent displacements in their preliminary assessments of the seismic performance of earth structures and buildings. This research develops new, robust simplified procedures to estimate shear-induced displacements of earth and waste structures and natural slopes and to estimate shear-induced settlement of structures founded atop liquefiable soils. Most simplified procedures for estimating seismic slope displacements are based on variations of the Newmark (1965) sliding block analyses. These procedures were developed largely using earthquake ground motions from shallow crustal earthquakes along active plate margins (e.g., California earthquakes). These semi-empirical procedures should not be applied directly to other seismo-tectonic settings, such as subduction earthquake zones, without evaluating their applicability for tectonic settings for which they were not originally developed. In this study, a simplified procedure for estimating seismic shear-induced permanent displacements in slopes located in subduction earthquake zones is developed. The primary source of uncertainty in assessing the likely performance of an earth slope or system during an earthquake is the input ground motion. Hence, a comprehensive database containing 810 recorded ground motions from subduction zone interface earthquakes was developed and used to compute seismic slope displacements. The proposed seismic slope displacement model captures the primary influence of the system's yield coefficient ky, its initial fundamental period Ts, and the ground motion's spectral acceleration at a degraded period of the slope taken as 1.5 Ts. The new procedure uses the framework of the widely used Bray and Travasarou (2007) method developed for shallow crustal settings. The model separates the probability of "zero" displacement (i.e.,

Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions

Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions
Author: Neven Matasovic
Publisher: Transportation Research Board National Research
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2012
Genre: Nature
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 428: Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions identifies and describes current practice and available methods for evaluating the influence of local ground conditions on earthquake design ground motions on a site-specific basis.

Early Site Permit Demonstration Program

Early Site Permit Demonstration Program
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Total Pages: 619
Release: 1993
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This report develops and applies a methodology for estimating strong earthquake ground motion. The motivation was to develop a much needed tool for use in developing the seismic requirements for structural designs. An earthquakes̀ ground motion is a function of the earthquakes̀ magnitude, and the physical properties of the earth through which the seismic waves travel from the earthquake fault to the site of interest. The emphasis of this study is on ground motion estimation in Eastern North America (east of the Rocky Mountains), with particular emphasis on the Eastern United States and southeastern Canada. Eastern North America is a stable continental region, having sparse earthquake activity with rare occurrences of large earthquakes. While large earthquakes are of interest for assessing seismic hazard, little data exists from the region to empirically quantify their effects. Therefore, empirically based approaches that are used for other regions, such as Western North America, are not appropriate for Eastern North America. Moreover, recent advances in science and technology have now made it possible to combine theoretical and empirical methods to develop new procedures and models for estimating ground motion. The focus of the report is on the attributes of ground motion in Eastern North America that are of interest for the design of facilities such as nuclear power plants. Specifically considered are magnitudes M from 5 to 8, distances from 0 to 500 km, and frequencies from 1 to 35 Hz.