Application of horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio microtremor technique in the analysis of site effects and structural response of buildings in Querétaro city, Mexico

Zavala, Noel; Clemente-Chavez, A.; Figueroa-Soto, Á.; González-Martínez, Mario; Sawires, Rashad

doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103211

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“…The HVSR method was introduced by Nogoshi and Igarashi (1971) and later developed by Nakamura (1989). Since its introduction, the application of the HVSR method has increased in research worldwide (Ahn et al, 2021;Maghami et al, 2021;Zavala et al, 2021). The HVSR method has the advantage that it does not contain source effects (noise) on the power spectrum density and does not depend on the availability of adjacent hard rock sites (Kumar et al, 2021).…”

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Frequency and Amplification for Assessing site Effects and PVS in the Padang City Railway

Pohan M.Si,

Pujiastuti,

Syarah

et al. 2023

J. Ilmu Fis.

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The train uses a special line in the form of railroad tracks that produce vibrations during movement. This study aims to determine the type of soil layer and the peak particle velocity due to the train around the Padang City train line. The acquisition was carried out at 8 points with a recording duration of 65 minutes using three geophone components. Microtremor data was analyzed using horizontal to vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) method. The results show that the research area has a type of surface layer of soil is sediment with a thickness of 30 meters or more. This is indicated by the dominant frequency value ranging from 0.64 Hz – 1.67 Hz. The research area has an amplification value ranging from 0.85 to 1.29. The train vibration has a dominant frequency ranging from 2.20 Hz – 13.54 Hz and an amplification of 1.11 – 1.82. The particle velocity values obtained from the PVS values ranged from 0.1605 mm/s – 0.7592 mm/s. The research area can be categorized as safe from train vibrations because of the low amplification value and the PVS value which is below the safe limit (<3 mm/s) according to SNI 7571:2010.

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