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Vs301 CONSTRUCTVs30BORCHERDT · SOIL DYNAMICS

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Soil dynamics

average shear-wave velocity of the top 30 m of ground, used to classify sites and scale earthquake ground motion amplification.

In soil dynamics, Vs30 refers to average shear-wave velocity of the top 30 m of ground, used to classify sites and scale earthquake ground motion amplification. This meaning comes from Borcherdt (1994) in Earthquake Spectra.[1]

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References

  1. Borcherdt, R. D. (1994). 1. Estimates of Site‐Dependent Response Spectra for Design (Methodology and Justification). Earthquake Spectra, 10(4), 617-653. https://doi.org/10.1193/1.1585791

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