SITE SPECIFIC DESIGN MOTIONS AT A SITE NEAR PYRGOS CITY, WESTERN GREECE

Site specific design motions have been derived at the construction site of the new national hospital of Pyrgos, Western Greece. An analysis of the relevant contribution of all the seismic sources affecting the site has been performed taking into account the detailed seismotectonic features of the region. By combining stochastic and deterministic methodologies, the expected basement acceleration time histories have been constructed taking into consideration both source and path effects. The results from a detailed shallow seismic reflection investigation were combined with the data from geotechnical investigations and were used to construct the site's model which was used in calculating the effect of the upper layers on the expected wavefield at the site. The amplification factor for the site was computed and the modified site specific design spectrum was computed according to the new Building Code of Greece. Finally, the acceleration time history corresponding to the previous design spectrum was computed in order to be used in the dynamic analysis of the building.

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• Authors:
  • Tselentis, G-A
  • Sokos, E
• Conference:
  • First International Symposium on Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures (ERES '96)
  • Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Date: 1996-10-30 to 1996-11-1
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 47-55
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Computational Mechanics Publications
  • Publisher: Computational Mechanics Publications
  • ISSN: 1462-6055

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction sites; Earthquake engineering; Geology; Geotechnical engineering; Hazards; Seismicity; Seismology
• Geographic Terms: Greece
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760146
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1853124567
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 5 1999 12:00AM