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Ground Types for Seismic Design in Romania

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The paper presents an overview of available data concerning ground types for seismic design in Romania. A short overview of a ground information database created during BIGSEES Romanian project is presented. A comparison of shear wave velocity for 19 sites in Bucharest determined by PS logging measurements and by Wald topographic slope method is discussed. The paper reiterates the conclusion of a study regarding the Eurocode soil factor S derived from the Romanian seismic motions. The need for an enlarged database of in situ determined ground condition is underlined, at least at the location of seismic stations. Based on borehole-specific data (geotechnical properties, hydrologic factors) and velocity profiles, evaluations of soil liquefaction potential and related indices were performed by using empirical equations proposed in literature. The application of GIS tools provided a spatial distribution of liquefaction susceptibility of Quaternary alluvial sediments in Bucharest.

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Acknowledgements

Authors would like to acknowledge Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the equipment donated within JICA Project in Romania, for the training periods in Japan of NCSRR research staff and for dispatching Japanese specialists for short or long period in Romania. We kindly acknowledge the support of Building Research Institute (BRI) and Tokyo Soil Research, Japan.

The results presented in this paper were partially obtained, within JICA Project for Seismic Risk Reduction on Building and Structures in Romania (2002–2007), NATO Science for Peace Project (2005–2008) and BIGSEES—Bridging the gap between seismology and earthquake engineering: from the seismicity of Romania towards a refined implementation of Seismic Action EN1998-1 in earthquake resistant design of buildings (2012–2016).

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  1. Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Cristian Neagu, Cristian Arion, Alexandru Aldea & Florin Pavel

  2. National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development URBAN-INCERC, Bucharest, Romania

    Elena-Andreea Calarasu

  3. Seismic Risk Assessment Research Center, Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Radu Vacareanu

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Neagu, C., Arion, C., Aldea, A., Calarasu, EA., Vacareanu, R., Pavel, F. (2018). Ground Types for Seismic Design in Romania. In: Vacareanu, R., Ionescu, C. (eds) Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74724-8_11

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