GROUND-MOTION AND SOIL-RESPONSE ANALYSES FOR LENINAKAN, 1988 ARMENIA EARTHQUAKE

YEGIAN, MK; GHAHRAMAN, VG; GAZETAS, G

dc.contributor.author	YEGIAN, MK	en
dc.contributor.author	GHAHRAMAN, VG	en
dc.contributor.author	GAZETAS, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:09:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:09:54Z
dc.date.issued	1994	en
dc.identifier.issn	0733-9410	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/11241
dc.subject	Ground Motion	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.classification	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary	en
dc.title	GROUND-MOTION AND SOIL-RESPONSE ANALYSES FOR LENINAKAN, 1988 ARMENIA EARTHQUAKE	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1994)120:2(330)	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1994)120:2(330)	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1994	en
heal.abstract	TWO earlier papers by the writers, appearing in the preceding issue of the journal, presented an overview of the seismological and engineering aspects of the 1988 Armenia earthquake and examined building damage statistics contrasted to geologic and geotechnical soil profiles. Possible regions of appreciable soil amplification effects were identified in the cities of Leninakan and Kirovakan. The present paper and companion paper, in the same issue of the journal, present results from analytical soil amplification studies using actual soil profiles from Leninakan and Kirovakan, and investigate whether or not current state-of-practice methods could adequately explain the damage statistics and their local and geographical distribution in the two cities. The present paper deals with Leninakan, which is located in the center of a very wide flat valley, having a width-to-maximum-soil-thickness ratio of about 55. Results indicate that, when using proper laboratory and field measurements of soil properties, one-dimensional soil amplification analyses can explain well not only the trends observed in the intensity and distribution of damage to buildings, but also observations made of response of various structures in Leninakan. The companion paper describes the one- and three-dimensional soil amplification analyses and valley effects in Kirovakan and summarizes the overall conclusions drawn from this research related to soil effect during the Armenia earthquake.	en
heal.publisher	ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS	en
heal.journalName	JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING-ASCE	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1994)120:2(330)	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1994MT82800005	en
dc.identifier.volume	120	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	330	en
dc.identifier.epage	348	en