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Shear wave velocity (Vs) and SPT resistance (N) correlation for the Isfahan Metro, Iran

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Some soil characteristics, such as the shear wave velocity, the shear modulus, the Poisson ratio, and the porosity, affect how clay soils behave. The soil design parameters under loading, such as soil liquefaction induced by dynamic earthquake loading, employ the shear wave velocity and shear module with modest stress. In order to understand the pore saturation, the Poisson ratio and seismic velocity ratio are also utilized. Additionally, one of the most crucial physical characteristics for assessing permeability at the base of any engineering structure, resolving consolidation issues that may arise at the foundation of an engineering structure, and influencing the deformation behavior of soils is soil porosity. Predicting the porosity of clay soils is a crucial first step in tackling engineering and environmental issues that may arise in the soil after an earthquake or not. With the use of dynamic soil metrics such as seismic velocities, shear modules, bulk modules, seismic velocity ratios, and Poisson ratios, the current work aims to estimate soil porosity. Seismic refraction was used by various studies in the past to conduct in-situ geophysical research. The lithological characteristics of the soil (such as the grain size, shape, type, compaction, consolidation, and cementation of the grains) and the physical characteristics of the soil (such as porosity, permeability, density, anisotropy, saturation level, liquid–solid transition, pressure, and temperature), as well as the elasticity characteristics of the soil (such as shear modulus (G), bulk modulus (K), Young modulus (E), Poisson ratio (μ) and Lamé constants (\(\lambda\))) all have an impact on seismic waves passing through a medium.

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The first author greatly appreciates the support of Isfahan Region's Metro Company which enabled the data acquisition. We appreciate the critical reading by arbitration committee and we will be acknowledging our gratitude for enlightening suggestion and insightful comments.

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    Hosein Chatrayi, Farnusch Hajizadeh & Behnam Taghavi

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Chatrayi, H., Hajizadeh, F. & Taghavi, B. Shear wave velocity (Vs) and SPT resistance (N) correlation for the Isfahan Metro, Iran. Acta Geophys. 72, 1749–1764 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-023-01180-8

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