SEISMIC SITE RESPONSE ANALYSIS

Attenuation Relationships
An attenuation provides a relationship between
earthquake properties (e.g., peak ground acceleration)
and various parameters such as magnitude, soil
conditions, site-to-source distance, etc.
The attenuation of seismic waves is a function of a
number of variables which can be categorized as :
source mechanism, travel path, and local conditions.
Source mechanism : rupture dimension, strain
conditions, and source depth. Travel path : geometric
spreading, reflection, refraction, absorption, and
geologic structure. Local conditions : subsurface
conditions, toporgaphic variations, soil structure
interaction.

SEISMIC SITE RESPONSE ANALYSIS

EVIDENCES OF SITE EFFECTS

EVIDENCES OF SITE EFFECTS

QUANTITATIVE

EVALUATION OF SITE EFFECTS

Comparison between ground motion parameters at the

surface of the soil deposit and at outcropping bedrock
Peak ground acceleration
Fourier spectrum F(f)
Acceleration response spectrum Sa(T)

QUANTITATIVE

EVALUATION OF SITE EFFECTS

DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN

ANALYSES

1-D

AND

2-D