HVSR and Site Characteristics of the Seismic and Strong-Motion Stations in Gansu Province, China

Xu Rong, Wang Lanmin, Edward W. Woolery

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Abstract

The horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) method for seismic site characterization using microtremor and earthquake recordings has been widely employed since its introduction in 1989. We applied HVSR to analyze seismic and strong-motion earthquake S-waves in the Gansu province, China. The seismic stations were bedrock installations, whereas the strong-motion stations were installed on soils throughout the Province. Results show that most of seismic stations have no obvious predominant peak, but the strong-motion stations exhibit predominant peaks. Therefore, we corroborate HVSR as a cost-effective method to characterize ground-motion site effect caused by the near-surface soils.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Approaches of Geotechnical Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationSoil Characterization, Sustainable Materials and Numerical Simulation - Proceedings of the 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions, 2021
EditorsJinwoo An, Jizhe Zhang, Juan Xie
Pages9-20
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions, GeoChina 2021 - NanChang, China
Duration: Jul 19 2021Jul 21 2021

Publication series

NameSustainable Civil Infrastructures
VolumePart 32
ISSN (Print)2366-3405
ISSN (Electronic)2366-3413

Conference

Conference6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions, GeoChina 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanChang
Period7/19/217/21/21

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

  • Earthquake recordings
  • Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR)
  • Microtremor
  • S-wave spectral analysis
  • Site effect

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Environmental Engineering

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