The high-quality digital records of the Japanese KiK-net were examined, with the aim of studying the influence of local site conditions on the displacement spectral ordinates at long periods. The attention was limited to those records for which the velocity profiles up to 100–200 m depth were known, and corresponding surface and borehole accelerograms were available. Based on the available records and with the support of 1D numerical simulations, different aspects that may have an influence on the amplification of long period spectral ordinates were studied, including the bedrock velocity profile, the site classification using Vs,30, and the earthquake magnitude. Small amplification factors at long periods were found, ranging from 1 to 1.3, with median value from 1.05 to 1.1, for Eurocode 8 site classes B and C, respectively. Only for two records on soft soils (at the boundary between Eurocode 8 classes C and D), from small magnitude earthquakes, large amplification factors were obtained, up to about 4. A good correlation was found of the amplification levels with the response spectral ratio D(T0)/D(10), where D(T0) and D(10) are displacement spectral ordinates of the input signal at bedrock, at the fundamental period T0 of the soil profile and at T = 10 s, respectively.

Site effects at long periods from digital strong motion records of the Kik-net, Japan

FIGINI, RAFFAELE;PAOLUCCI, ROBERTO
2009-01-01

Abstract

The high-quality digital records of the Japanese KiK-net were examined, with the aim of studying the influence of local site conditions on the displacement spectral ordinates at long periods. The attention was limited to those records for which the velocity profiles up to 100–200 m depth were known, and corresponding surface and borehole accelerograms were available. Based on the available records and with the support of 1D numerical simulations, different aspects that may have an influence on the amplification of long period spectral ordinates were studied, including the bedrock velocity profile, the site classification using Vs,30, and the earthquake magnitude. Small amplification factors at long periods were found, ranging from 1 to 1.3, with median value from 1.05 to 1.1, for Eurocode 8 site classes B and C, respectively. Only for two records on soft soils (at the boundary between Eurocode 8 classes C and D), from small magnitude earthquakes, large amplification factors were obtained, up to about 4. A good correlation was found of the amplification levels with the response spectral ratio D(T0)/D(10), where D(T0) and D(10) are displacement spectral ordinates of the input signal at bedrock, at the fundamental period T0 of the soil profile and at T = 10 s, respectively.
2009
Seismic Site Effects; Displacement Response Spectra; Long Periods
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