scholarly journals Seismic demand and capacity models, and fragility estimates for underground structures considering spatially varying soil properties

2022 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 104231
Author(s):  
Zhiming He ◽  
Hao Xu ◽  
Paolo Gardoni ◽  
Yun Zhou ◽  
Yanchao Wang ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 219-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Brandolese ◽  
Laura Fiorin ◽  
Roberto Scotta

2022 ◽  
Vol 961 (1) ◽  
pp. 012004
Author(s):  
Haneen Mohammed Ali ◽  
Ressol R Shakir

Abstract Soil is a natural material that suffers from intrinsic spatial variability resulting from natural factors and their influence on the soil. It became controversial and debated how to estimate the characteristic value of soils to obtain a reliable geotechnical design with low cost and less effort. Usually, foundations are not built on the same site as the screening; investigations are carried out to excavate a little at essential sites. In this paper (423), test wells were collected in the study area to be obtained and tabulated in Excel. The kriging statistics is applied using a python script to predict the values of geotechnical site properties and reliability of the method in estimating spatially varying soil properties values based on measurement data and prior knowledge. The program implements probabilistic kriging statistics and predicts the desired value by entering the coordinates of the locations whose properties you want to know and based on the previously prepared Excel file of known points, coordinates, and property values. The program will be used in two soil sites in the city of Nasiriyah to predict its properties. These points were selected from the examination of soil investigation reports to determine the reliability and accuracy of the program in predicting values. To get more reliable probability values using the kriging method and python scripts. A huge database of prepared and analyzed engineering soil properties has been created based on field investigation reports for projects in Nasiriyah.


2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 909-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia L. Dimova ◽  
Paolo Negro

A method for the assessment of the seismic vulnerability of structures with consideration of the quality of construction is demonstrated on the example of single-story, industrial reinforced-concrete frames designed according to Eurocodes. Two experimental models of the prototype are considered: a structure erected under strict control of the workmanship and a structure with significant deficiencies in the arrangement of the reinforcement. Fragility analysis is performed for four damage states. The epistemic and aleatory uncertainties in the seismic demand and capacity for each damage state are determined. Among the considered different errors in the assembling of the reinforcement, the tying of the stirrups and the arrangement of the reinforcement in the beam-column joints are identified as critical deficiencies, which should be strictly controlled. The damage states of the studied structures are related to the European Macroseismic Scale and it is illustrated that the quality of construction does influence considerably the observed macroseismic intensity.


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