Evaluation of site amplification factors for shallow rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan.

Current seismic provisions in Building Code of Pakistan (BCP, 2007), seismic site classifications and corresponding site amplification factors (AF) were determined similar to UBC-1997, which were based on the local site conditions of Western United States (WUS) with low impedance contrast, deep sit...

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Main Authors: Shamsher Sadiq, Aaqib Muhammad, Saeed-ullah Jan Mandokhail, Maqsood-Ur Rehman, Alam Mehtab, Naik Muhammad, Muhammad Bilal Adeel
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Kuwait Journal of Science
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Online Access:https://journalskuwait.org/kjs/index.php/KJS/article/view/7772
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author Shamsher Sadiq
Aaqib Muhammad
Saeed-ullah Jan Mandokhail
Maqsood-Ur Rehman
Alam Mehtab
Naik Muhammad
Muhammad Bilal Adeel
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description Current seismic provisions in Building Code of Pakistan (BCP, 2007), seismic site classifications and corresponding site amplification factors (AF) were determined similar to UBC-1997, which were based on the local site conditions of Western United States (WUS) with low impedance contrast, deep sites and high seismicity conditions. Use of these deep sites based AF factors to the shallow sites may not be appropriate to capture the response of shallow sites. In this study, we performed suite of nonlinear site specific response analysis to compute the AF for the six (06) representative shallow bed rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan. The computed AF are compared with BCP, 2007 code-based design estimates, it is found that BCP, 2007 code based guideline underestimate AF factor at short period whereas overestimate at long period. The findings of the study, highlights the potential implications of current code based AF for the shallow sites of Islamabad, and suggest the need of improving the current seismic guidelines.
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spelling doaj-art-a91d8777e3104072ac08045f9bd749e32025-08-20T03:24:56ZengElsevierKuwait Journal of Science2307-41082307-41162021-04-0148210.48129/kjs.v48i2.7772Evaluation of site amplification factors for shallow rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan.Shamsher SadiqAaqib MuhammadSaeed-ullah Jan Mandokhail0Maqsood-Ur Rehman1Alam MehtabNaik MuhammadMuhammad Bilal AdeelBUITEMS, Quetta, Blouchistan, PakistanNESPAK, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Current seismic provisions in Building Code of Pakistan (BCP, 2007), seismic site classifications and corresponding site amplification factors (AF) were determined similar to UBC-1997, which were based on the local site conditions of Western United States (WUS) with low impedance contrast, deep sites and high seismicity conditions. Use of these deep sites based AF factors to the shallow sites may not be appropriate to capture the response of shallow sites. In this study, we performed suite of nonlinear site specific response analysis to compute the AF for the six (06) representative shallow bed rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan. The computed AF are compared with BCP, 2007 code-based design estimates, it is found that BCP, 2007 code based guideline underestimate AF factor at short period whereas overestimate at long period. The findings of the study, highlights the potential implications of current code based AF for the shallow sites of Islamabad, and suggest the need of improving the current seismic guidelines. https://journalskuwait.org/kjs/index.php/KJS/article/view/7772BCP (2007)site response analysis (SRA)amplification factors (AF)shallow sitesresponse spectra
spellingShingle Shamsher Sadiq
Aaqib Muhammad
Saeed-ullah Jan Mandokhail
Maqsood-Ur Rehman
Alam Mehtab
Naik Muhammad
Muhammad Bilal Adeel
Evaluation of site amplification factors for shallow rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Kuwait Journal of Science
BCP (2007)
site response analysis (SRA)
amplification factors (AF)
shallow sites
response spectra
title Evaluation of site amplification factors for shallow rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan.
title_full Evaluation of site amplification factors for shallow rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan.
title_fullStr Evaluation of site amplification factors for shallow rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan.
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of site amplification factors for shallow rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan.
title_short Evaluation of site amplification factors for shallow rock sites of Islamabad, Pakistan.
title_sort evaluation of site amplification factors for shallow rock sites of islamabad pakistan
topic BCP (2007)
site response analysis (SRA)
amplification factors (AF)
shallow sites
response spectra
url https://journalskuwait.org/kjs/index.php/KJS/article/view/7772
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