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http://dx.doi.org/10.5000/EESK.2016.20.4.235

Site Classification and Design Response Spectra for Seismic Code Provisions - (I) Database and Site Response Analyses  

Cho, Hyung Ik (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST)
Satish, Manandhar (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST)
Kim, Dong Soo (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST)
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Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea / v.20, no.4, 2016 , pp. 235-243 More about this Journal
Abstract
Korea is part of a region of low to moderate seismicity located inside the Eurasian plate with bedrock located at depths less than 30 m. However, the spectral acceleration obtained from site response analyses based on the geologic conditions of inland areas of the Korean peninsula are significantly different from the current Korean seismic code. Therefore, suitable site classification scheme and design response spectra based on local site conditions in the Korean peninsula are required to produce reliable estimates of earthquake ground motion. In this study, site-specific response analyses were performed at more than 300 sites with at least 100 sites at each site categories of $S_C$, $S_D$, and $S_E$ as defined in the current seismic code in Korea. The process of creating a huge database of input parameters - such as shear wave velocity profiles, normalized shear modulus reduction curves, damping curves, and input earthquake motions - for site response analyses were described. The response spectra and site coefficients obtained from site response analyses were compared with those proposed for the site categories in the current code. Problems with the current seismic design code were subsequently discussed, and the development and verifications of new site classification system and corresponding design response spectra are detailed in companion papers (II-development of new site categories and design response spectra and III-Verifications)
Keywords
Seismic code; Site classification; Design response spectra; Database for Site response analyses;
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