Earthquakes and Structures
Volume 9, Number 5, 2015, pages 983-997
DOI: 10.12989/eas.2015.9.5.983
Investigation on site conditions for seismic stations in Romania using H/V spectral ratio
Florin Pavel and Radu Văcăreanu
Abstract
This research evaluates the soil conditions for seismic stations situated in Romania using the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR). The strong ground motion database assembled for this study consists of 179 analogue and digital strong ground motion recordings from four intermediate-depth Vrancea seismic events with Mw
Key Words
soil class; strong ground motion records; Vrancea subcrustal earthquakes; spectral amplification; fundamental frequency
Address
Florin Pavel and Radu Văcăreanu: Seismic Risk Assessment Research Centre, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Bd. Lacul Tei no. 122-124, Sector 2, 020396, Bucharest, Romania