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A probabilistic study of ground motion simulation for Bangkok soil

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Due to the soft soil condition, it has been found that buildings in Bangkok locating 200 km away from epicentral of an earthquake can be damaged as a result of high ground motion (e.g. earthquakes of magnitudes 5.3–5.9 in 1983). Because of rapid urban expansion and population growth in cities with soft soil condition, such as Bangkok, the assessment of seismic vulnerability of building structures becomes necessary. The purpose of this study is to quantify variability and develop attenuation and amplification models of ground motions for Bangkok sites. First, by analysing soil profile of Bangkok using Latin Hypercube sampling technique, critical attenuation and amplification characteristics, such as peak ground acceleration, ground motion intensity, frequency content and significant ground duration, were obtained. Then, the statistical information on the attenuation and amplification models of these characteristics was established and used to conduct a series of non-linear seismic analysis of a typical four storey commercial building in Bangkok. The research outcomes demonstrate that the developed models are capable of predicting the damage indices of buildings in Bangkok under different earthquake intensities and epicentral distances.

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  1. Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia

    Nilupa Herath, Priyan Mendis & Lihai Zhang

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Herath, N., Mendis, P. & Zhang, L. A probabilistic study of ground motion simulation for Bangkok soil. Bull Earthquake Eng 15, 1925–1943 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-016-0058-6

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