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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | New Approaches of Geotechnical Engineering |
Subtitle of host publication | Soil 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 |
Editors | Jinwoo An, Jizhe Zhang, Juan Xie |
Pages | 9-20 |
Number of pages | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021 |
Event | 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions, GeoChina 2021 - NanChang, China Duration: Jul 19 2021 → Jul 21 2021 |
Publication series
Name | Sustainable Civil Infrastructures |
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Volume | Part 32 |
ISSN (Print) | 2366-3405 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2366-3413 |
Conference
Conference | 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions, GeoChina 2021 |
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Country/Territory | China |
City | NanChang |
Period | 7/19/21 → 7/21/21 |
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