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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 47, 2016
The 3rd International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering for Sustainability (IConCEES 2015)
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| Article Number | 03017 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Geotechnics, Infrastructure and Geomatic Engineering | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20164703017 | |
| Published online | 01 April 2016 | |
Estimate of Small Stiffness and Damping Ratio in Residual Soil Using Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave Method
1 School of Engineering and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
2 Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
a Corresponding author : faizahbawadi@yahoo.com
Research in the important parameters for modeling the dynamic behavior of soils has led to rapid development of the small strain stiffness and damping ratio for use in the seismic method. It is because, the experimental determination of the damping ratio is problematic, especially for hard soils sample. Many researchers have proved that the surface wave method is a reliable tool to determine shear wave velocity and damping ratio profiles at a site with very small strains level. Surface wave methods based on Rayleigh waves propagation and the resulting attenuation curve can become erroneous when higher modes contribute to the soil’s response. In this study, two approaches has been used to determine the shear strain amplitude and damping ratio of residual soils at small strain level using Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave (SASW) method. One is to derive shear strain amplitude from the frequency-response curve and the other is to derive damping ratio from travel-time data. Then, the results are compared to the conventional method.
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