Empirical correlations between shear wave velocity and penetration resistance for ground shaking assessments

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-213

  Hasancebi, Nilsun ^a   Ulusay, Resat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Correlation equation; Geotechnical borehole; Seismicre fraction; Shear wave velocity; Standard penetration test; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CORRELATION METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY;

CORRELATION EQUATION; GEOTECHNICAL BOREHOLE; SEISMICRE FRACTION; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; STANDARD PENETRATION TEST;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUND MOVEMENT; PENETRATION TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS; WAVE VELOCITY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 34247596960     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-006-0063-0     Document Type: Article

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