상시미동과 지하구조

Microtremor and Underground Structure

본고에서는 상시미동의 지질공학적 응용을 폭넓게 검토하는 한편 상시미동을 측정, 해석하여 상시미동의 탁월주기아 지하구조와의 관련성을 규명하였다. 상시미동의 응용예로서 확실히 구분이 가능한 지하구조를 가진 경상분지내 3지점에서 측정한 상시미동을 해석, 유추한 지하구조와 실제의 구조가 일치하는 사례를 소개하였다. 이와같은 상시미동의 장기간 측정 및 해석은 지하구조의 추정, 부지 고유의 응답 스펙트럼 작성, seismic microzonation 등에 경제적이고 효과적으로 이용할 수 있는 지질공학적 수단으로 사료된다.

Applications of microtremor to geological engineering are widely reviewed and observed microtremors are processed to show evidences of close relationship between the predominant periods of microtremor and underground structure. The ground vibrates continuously at all times and the elastic vibration is called microtremor (0.5-20Hz) or microseisms (0.01-0.1Hz) according to their frequency range. The vibration is believed to have propagative nature like those of the dispersive surface waves or multireflected shear waves. Microtremors were recorded at selected thress places of which subsoil structures are well distinguished in the Kyongsang Sedimentary Basin. It is found that the underground structures estimated from microtremor analysis coincide well with the known structures. The microtremor analysis of the long period range can be an inexpensive and effective tool in geological engineering for the evaluation of the underground structure, site-specific reponse spectrum, and seismic microzonations.