Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
04 Apr 1995, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
This paper describes the geotechnical investigations that have been conducted to characterize the static and dynamic properties of the ground, the foundation and the structure's material of the Comares tower in the Alhambra palace. The Gmax values of the different materials were determined using seismic refraction, P-wave transmission tomography, cross-hole and down-hole tests. To obtain the variation of the shear moduli with strain amplitude surface wave and cyclic horizontal plate loading tests were performed in several trenches excavated in the immediate neighborhood. The analysis of the structure response to M = 5 earthquakes recently recorded at the top and the bottom of the Tower allowed to check the dynamic properties of the materials estimated previously.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1995 University of Missouri--Rolla, 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
Cuellar, V.; Kausel, E.; Monte, J. L.; Roesset, J. M.; and Valerio, J., "Dynamic Characteristics of Comares Palace in the Alhambra" (1995). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 6.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/03icrageesd/session01/6
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Dynamic Characteristics of Comares Palace in the Alhambra
St. Louis, Missouri
This paper describes the geotechnical investigations that have been conducted to characterize the static and dynamic properties of the ground, the foundation and the structure's material of the Comares tower in the Alhambra palace. The Gmax values of the different materials were determined using seismic refraction, P-wave transmission tomography, cross-hole and down-hole tests. To obtain the variation of the shear moduli with strain amplitude surface wave and cyclic horizontal plate loading tests were performed in several trenches excavated in the immediate neighborhood. The analysis of the structure response to M = 5 earthquakes recently recorded at the top and the bottom of the Tower allowed to check the dynamic properties of the materials estimated previously.
