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Bakavoli, M. K. H.
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- PublicationOpen AccessEstimation of topographical effects at Narni ridge (Central Italy): comparisons between experimental results and numerical modelling(2011-08)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;Lovati, S.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Milano-Pavia, Milano, Italia ;Bakavoli, M.; International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran ;Massa, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Milano-Pavia, Milano, Italia ;Ferretti, G.; Università degli studi di Genova, Dip.Te.Ris., sezione de Geofisica, Genova, Italy ;Pacor, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Milano-Pavia, Milano, Italia ;Paolucci, R.; Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy ;Haghshenas, E.; International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran ;Kamalian, M.; International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran; ; ; ; ; ; ; In the present work the seismic site response of Narni ridge (Central Italy) is evaluated by comparing experimental results and numerical simulations. The inhabited village of Narni is located in central Apennines at the top of a steep massive limestone ridge. From March to September 2009 the site was instrumented with 10 weak-motion stations, 3 of which located at the base of the ridge and 7 at the top. The velocimetric network recorded 642 events of ML up to 5.3 and hypocentral distance up to about 100 km. The great amount of data are related to the April 2009 L’Aquila sequence. The site response was analyzed using both reference (standard spectral ratio, SSR) and non reference spectral techniques (horizontal to vertical spectral ratio, HVSR). Moreover directional analyses were performed in order to evaluate the influence of the ridge orientation with respect to the selected sourcesite paths. In general the experimental results show amplification factors for frequencies between 4 and 5Hz for almost all stations installed along the crest. The SSR technique provides amplification factors up to 4.5 in a direction perpendicular to the main elongation of the ridge. The results obtained from the data analyses were used as a target for bidimensional and tridimensional numerical simulations, performed using a hybrid finite-boundary element method and a boundary element method for 2D and 3D modelling, respectively. In general, the results obtained through numerical simulation fit well the experimental data in terms of range of amplified frequencies, but they underestimate by a factor of about 2 the observed amplifications.209 352 - PublicationRestrictedAn experimental approach for estimating seismic amplification effects at the top of a ridge, and the implication for ground-motion predictions: the case of Narni (central Italy).(2010-12-01)
; ; ; ; ; ;Massa, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Milano-Pavia, Milano, Italia ;Lovati, S.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Milano-Pavia, Milano, Italia ;D'Alema, E.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia ;Ferretti, G. ;Bakavoli, M.; ; ; ;From March to September 2009, a velocimetric network was installed in Narni, central Italy, a village on the top of a limestone ridge. The aim was to investigate local site effects due to the 220-m-high ridge, which is characterized by slopes ranging from 22° to 35°. To investigate amplification without and with a reference site, three stations were installed at the base of the hill and seven at the crest. The network recorded 702 earthquakes, many of them from the 2009 L'Aquila sequence. To determine the dependence of amplification on the morphological features, the spectra were computed for horizontal components rotated into a range of azimuths. Both the ratio of the horizontal-to-vertical-component spectra and the ratio of the spectra at the ridge crest with respect to a reference station at the base of the ridge showed amplification by a factor of ca. 4.5 for frequencies between 4 Hz and 5 Hz. The highest amplifications were seen for the directions of the ground motion perpendicular to the main elongation of the ridge. Finally, considering events with an epicentral distance less than 30 km, empirical ground motion models were calibrated for maximum horizontal peak ground acceleration, velocity and acceleration response spectra (5% damping) up to 1 s, to estimate the site corrective coefficients for topographic amplification. The data show corrective coefficients between 0.35 and 0.48 (log10 scale; amplification, 2.2-3.0) for the spectral ordinates between 0.2 s and 0.3 s.329 49