Seismic amplification at Avcilar, Istanbul

Tezcan S., KAYA E., Bal I., OZDEMIR Z.

ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, cilt.24, sa.5, ss.661-667, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0141-0296(02)00002-0
  • Dergi Adı: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.661-667
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Based on the soil data established previously by a team of researchers at the Technical University of Istanbul, a wave amplification study is conducted for the town of Avcilar, Istanbul, located at about 120 km west of the epicentre of the Kocaeli earthquake of August 17, 1999. It is determined, through the use of well known computer pro-ram SHAKE, that the three major predominant periods of the ground are, 1.60, 1.00 and 0.70 s. Thus, the reasons of extensive damage occurred to 5-8 storey high residential Z buildings in the region, may be attributed to both the long distance effects of the high period waves of the earthquake and soil amplification. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.