Local site characteristics plays an important role in controlling the damage pattern during earthquakes (EQs). These site characteristics may vary from simple to complex and can be estimated by various field tests. In addition, extended Nakamura€™s method, which uses horizontal to vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) based on available EQ records also available for site […]
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Kumar, A., Harinarayan, N.H. and Baro, O. (2017), Nonlinear soil response to ground motions during different earthquakes in Nepal, to arrive at surface response spectra, Natural Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-017-2751-4
Catastrophic damages reported during an earthquake include building damages, excessive ground shaking, uneven settlements, liquefaction etc. While most of the seismic hazard studies map the probable level of ground shaking at the bedrock level, their use in assessing the above damages is very limited until the response of the local soil is also taken into […]
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