Evaluation of a novel application of earthquake HVSR in site-specific amplification estimation

C Zhu, M Pilz, F Cotton - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Ground response analyses (GRA) model the vertical propagations of SH waves through flat-
layered media (1DSH) and are widely carried out to evaluate local site effects in practice …

Capturing epistemic uncertainty in site response

A Rodriguez-Marek, JJ Bommer… - Earthquake …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The incorporation of local amplification factors (AFs) determined through site response
analyses has become standard practice in site-specific probabilistic seismic hazard analysis …

Comparison of state-of-the-art approaches used to account for spatial variability in 1D ground response analyses

MM Hallal, BR Cox, JP Vantasel - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
A significant amount of seismic site response research over the past decade has focused on
our abilities to replicate recorded ground motions at borehole array sites, where both the …

Conducting 1D site response analyses to capture 2D VS spatial variability effects

R Pretell, K Ziotopoulou… - Earthquake …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
One-dimensional site response analyses (1D SRAs) with shear-wave velocity (VS)
randomization are commonly performed to estimate median site-specific amplification …

Introduction to the special section on advances in site response estimation

J Kaklamanos, A Cabas, S Parolai… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Earthquake-induced ground motions are determined by a combination of source, path, and
site effects. As seismic waves propagate along a path from the fault rupture to a given site …

Regional seismic velocity model for the US Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains based on measured shear wave velocity, sediment thickness, and surface geology

C Gann-Phillips, A Cabas, C Ji, C Cramer… - Earthquake …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains (CPs) are characterized by widespread accumulations
of low-velocity sediments and sedimentary rock that overlay high-velocity bedrock. Geology …

A borehole array data–based approach for conducting 1D site response analyses I: Damping and VS randomization

R Pretell, NA Abrahamson… - Earthquake …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
One-dimensional site response analysis (1D SRA) remains the state of practice to estimate
site-specific seismic response, despite the ample evidence of discrepancies between …

Effects of site response on ground motion directionality based on KiK-net records and numerical analysis

J Song, K Wu, F Qi - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The orientation variability of earthquake ground motions (ie, GM directionality) is an
important engineering characteristic in the seismic design of structures. The GM …

Applicability of 1D site response analysis to shallow sedimentary basins: A critical evaluation through physics‐based 3D ground motion simulations

J Huang, D McCallen - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
One‐dimensional site response analysis (1D SRA) remains the standard practice in
considering the effect of local soil deposits and predicting site‐specific ground motions …

Nonlinear seismic response analysis of liquefiable sites based on effective stress method

H He, H Ji, Y Shi, X Ke, Y Miao - Computers and Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the one-dimensional nonlinear Matasovic model was extended to the two-and
three-dimensional stress space by replacing the shear strain with the generalized shear …