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Design response spectra for Aqaba City–Jordan
Author(s) -
Saffarini Hassan S.,
Kabalawi Hana
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
earthquake engineering and structural dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.218
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9845
pISSN - 0098-8847
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9845(199907)28:7<725::aid-eqe837>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - alluvium , geology , seismology , spectral line , ground motion , wave velocity , plateau (mathematics) , response spectrum , shear (geology) , bedrock , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , paleontology , physics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , astronomy
Strong motion records for earthquakes epicentred in the Gulf of Aqaba during swarms in August 1993 and November 1995 are studied. These recordings are made at two sites in the City of Aqaba, one near the seashore and the other inland. The former site has deep alluvial profile with low shear‐wave velocity, while the latter's soil profile is constituted of shallow stiff alluvium overlaying rock. The magnitudes of these events range from 4·8 to 6·2 on the Richter scale. Ground motion on the seashore site is much greater than the inland site. Response spectra are derived for each of the available accelerograms. Thirteen records at the inland site are statistically treated to arrive at mean response spectrum using 5 per cent damping. The derived spectra are found to be sharp with small plateau, this is associated with small peak displacement. Empirical site‐dependent response spectra are also derived based on recent research and on recommendations of the UBC'97. Comparison is made between the empirical and measured spectra. These were found to be quite close for the inland site but data are not sufficient for the seashore site to make a conclusive comparison. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.