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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2016.37.1.40

A Comparison Study of the Site Amplification Characteristics and Seismic Wave Energy Levels at the Sites near Four Electric Substations  

Yoo, Seong-Hwa (Earthquake Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Kim, Jun-Kyoung (Semyung University)
Wee, Soung-Hoon (Earthquake Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.37, no.1, 2016 , pp. 40-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
The problem has been pointed out that the domestic design response spectrum does not reflect site amplification, particularly in the high frequency bands, including the fact that site specific response spectrum from the observed ground motions appears relatively higher than design response spectrum. Among various methods, this study applied H/V spectral ratio of ground motion for estimating site amplification. This method, originated from S waves and Rayleigh waves, recently has been extended to Coda waves and background noise for estimating site amplification. For limited time of periods, 4 electric substation sites had operated seismic stations at two separate locations (bedrock and borehole) within each substation site. H/V spectral ratio of S wave, Coda wave, and background noise, was applied to 36 accelerations of 3 macro earthquakes (Odaesan, Jeju and Gongju earthquakes), larger than magnitude 3.4. observed simultaneously at each bedrock location within 4 electric substation sites. Site amplifications at the bedrock location of 4 sites were compared among S wave, Coda wave energy, and background noise, and then compared to the previous results from the borehole location data. The site classification was also tried using resonancy frequency information at each site and location. The results suggested that all the electric substation sites showed similar site amplification patterns among S wave, Coda wave, and background noise. Each station showed its own characteristics of site amplification property in low, high and specific resonance frequency ranges. Comparison of this study to other results using different method can give us much more information about dynamic amplification of domestic sites characteristics and site classification.
Keywords
rock classification; background noise; S wave; Coda wave; site amplification;
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