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Site effect assessment using KiK-net data: part 2—site amplification prediction equation based on f0 and Vsz

Cadet Héloïse
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Anne-Marie Duval
Pierre-Yves Bard
Etienne Bertrand
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This paper presents empirical correlations between amplification factors and simple site parameters derived from a large subset of the KiK-net data. The amplification factor is estimated from the ratios between the surface and down-hole horizontal response spectra, corrected for the varying depths and impedance of the down-hole sites (Cadet et al. in Site effect assessment using KiK-net data—part 1—a simple correction procedure for surface/downhole spectral ratios, 2011). Several site parameters are selected on the basis of their simplicity and availability at relatively low cost. They are the shallow time-average velocities VSZ, with z equal to 5, 10, 20 and 30 m, and the fundamental frequency f0. The amplification factors are then correlated with each of the individual site parameters; four other “twin-parameter”—couples (f0, VSZ)—are also considered and the correlation with amplification factors is performed through a normalization of the frequencies by each site fundamental frequency. The quality of the correlations is given by a misfit compared with the original data variance. The largest variance reduction is obtained with twin-parameter characterizations, out of which the couple (f0, VS30) proves to provide the lower misfit. The performance of single parameter correlations is relatively lower; however, the best single parameter proves to be the fundamental frequency, which provides smaller misfit than the Vsz parameters. A comparison is also performed with the amplification factors recommended in European regulations, showing that it is possible right now to significantly improve both the site characterization criteria and the associated amplification factors, for use in building codes and microzonation studies.

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hal-03557796 , version 1 (04-02-2022)

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Cadet Héloïse, Anne-Marie Duval, Pierre-Yves Bard, Etienne Bertrand. Site effect assessment using KiK-net data: part 2—site amplification prediction equation based on f0 and Vsz. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2012, 10 (2), pp.451-489. ⟨10.1007/s10518-011-9298-7⟩. ⟨hal-03557796⟩
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