Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
13 Aug 2008, 9:00am - 9:45am
Abstract
The adoption of design motions with a 2% rate of exceedance in 50 years in the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC 2005) has had a major impact on geotechnical engineering practice in Canada. The peak ground accelerations were doubled compared with the previous motions which had an exceedance rate of 10% in 50 years. The increase in accelerations has had a huge effect on assessments of liquefaction potential and slope stability, because the methods of assessment in common use depend on peak ground acceleration. This paper describes typical problems encountered in Canadian practice with use of the low probability motions and describes some measures for alleviating the impact on design, while maintaining the code objective of life safety.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Finn, W. D. Liam, "The Impact of Low Probability Ground Motions on Canadian Geotechnical Engineering Practice" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 1.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session00d/1
The Impact of Low Probability Ground Motions on Canadian Geotechnical Engineering Practice
Arlington, Virginia
The adoption of design motions with a 2% rate of exceedance in 50 years in the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC 2005) has had a major impact on geotechnical engineering practice in Canada. The peak ground accelerations were doubled compared with the previous motions which had an exceedance rate of 10% in 50 years. The increase in accelerations has had a huge effect on assessments of liquefaction potential and slope stability, because the methods of assessment in common use depend on peak ground acceleration. This paper describes typical problems encountered in Canadian practice with use of the low probability motions and describes some measures for alleviating the impact on design, while maintaining the code objective of life safety.
