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Nanozonation in Dense Cities: Testing a Combined Methodology in Barcelona City (Spain)

Salinas, V. ; Caselles, J. O. ; Pérez-Gracia, V. ; Santos-Assunçao, S. ; Clapes, J. ; Pujades, L. G. ; González-Drigo, R. ; Canas, J. A. ; Martinez-Sanchez, J.

Journal of earthquake engineering : JEE, 2014-01, Vol.18 (1), p.90-112 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Group

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  • Título:
    Nanozonation in Dense Cities: Testing a Combined Methodology in Barcelona City (Spain)
  • Autor: Salinas, V. ; Caselles, J. O. ; Pérez-Gracia, V. ; Santos-Assunçao, S. ; Clapes, J. ; Pujades, L. G. ; González-Drigo, R. ; Canas, J. A. ; Martinez-Sanchez, J.
  • Assuntos: Cartografia ; Enginyeria civil ; Geologia ; Geology ; Geomàtica ; Georadar ; Ground penetrating radar ; H/V ; Measurement ; Methodology ; Microzonation ; Nanocomposites ; Nanomaterials ; Nanostructure ; Nanozonation ; Risk assessment ; Seismic engineering ; Shallow Geology ; Soil Response ; Soils ; Vibration ; Vibration measurement ; Àrees temàtiques de la UPC
  • É parte de: Journal of earthquake engineering : JEE, 2014-01, Vol.18 (1), p.90-112
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  • Descrição: Microzonation is widely used in seismic risk evaluations to define the predominant period values, which are usually associated with extended areas of a few hundred meters. However, the representative values corresponding to these areas are obtained from few measurements in each area. Thereby, results are accurate only in the case of depth-dependent soils. However, not detected narrow and sharp lateral changes in soil are potentially the cause of imprecision and could be a source of specific errors. This article aims to present several tests conducted in order to emphasise the importance of accurate selection of points, to underscore the necessity of more precise and detailed evaluations, and to suggest a possible methodology to select the most appropriate data acquisition points. Results highlight the need to divide microzonation areas into smaller zones for a precise evaluation in locations where sudden changes in soil characteristics exist. Therefore, in such sites the requirement of nanozonation appears; defining zones with the same soil response. Distance between vibration measurements could be the main problem for nanozonation; data acquisition in areas with irregular geology can be time consuming when a precise analysis is required. In the most complicated environments or in dense cities, it could even be unfeasible. Consequently, it is necessary to establish a functional methodology to adequately distribute the measurement points throughout the area. On this occasion, three sites in Barcelona city were studied. This city is surrounded by mountains at NW, W, and S, and by the Mediterranean Sea at N and E. As a consequence, the shallow geology is characterized by many paleochannels and streams that are currently buried. These geological structures most likely affect the soil response. Several tests were carried out to determine this dependence. The tests were based on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys to define the paleochannels position and on vibration measurements in order to define properly the soil response. The results from both methods were compared to the known geology to accurately define the effect of the shallow geological structures in the predominant period and in the GPR images. Areas with the same geological unit but different materials were identified in the GPR images, allowing the selection of the most appropriate distance between vibration measurements in each place. As a final result, predominant periods that were measured over the same geological unit but over different material showed changes higher than the 40% in short distances. This procedure could improve the soil response maps, including nanozonation.
  • Editor: Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Group
  • Idioma: Inglês
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