Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
31 Mar 2001, 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Abstract
Geotechnical reports, filed in the city archives, are the source of data among which relevant properties for mechanical soil behavior and site response analyses are recognized and digitised. The properties are digitised in an organized manner into the GIS related software called “Techbase”, developed by “MINEsoft“, Lakewood, Colorado. The basic element of the database is a boring log containing distributions of soil properties with depth. More than 150 boring logs, located in the western part of Zagreb, are digitized and their coordinates mapped using “Techbase”. The aim of this paper is not only to describe the collection of the geotechnical database, but also to present its use for developing techniques for the estimation of soil-related response to earthquakes as well. The process of obtaining the seismic design model and its use in assessing free field ground acceleration are described. As borings usually do not reach deeper than ten meters, the influence of upper ten meters on amplification of maximum ground acceleration is pointed out.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2001 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
Kvasnička, Predrag and Matešić, Leo, "Geotechnical Data Base for the City of Zagreb and its Application in Site Response Analyses" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 4.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session11/4
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Geotechnical Data Base for the City of Zagreb and its Application in Site Response Analyses
San Diego, California
Geotechnical reports, filed in the city archives, are the source of data among which relevant properties for mechanical soil behavior and site response analyses are recognized and digitised. The properties are digitised in an organized manner into the GIS related software called “Techbase”, developed by “MINEsoft“, Lakewood, Colorado. The basic element of the database is a boring log containing distributions of soil properties with depth. More than 150 boring logs, located in the western part of Zagreb, are digitized and their coordinates mapped using “Techbase”. The aim of this paper is not only to describe the collection of the geotechnical database, but also to present its use for developing techniques for the estimation of soil-related response to earthquakes as well. The process of obtaining the seismic design model and its use in assessing free field ground acceleration are described. As borings usually do not reach deeper than ten meters, the influence of upper ten meters on amplification of maximum ground acceleration is pointed out.
