4.1.8.4, Division B Site Properties 1) The peak ground acceleration (PGA) and the 5% damped spectral response acceleration values, §,(T), for the reference ground conditions (Site Class C ih Table 4.1.84.4,) for periods T of 02s, 05 5, 1.0, and 2.0 , shall be determined in accordance with Subsection 1.1.3. and are based on 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years, Table 4.1.8.4.4, Site Classification for Seismic Site Response Forming Part of Sentences 4.1.84.(1) to (3) ‘Average Propares in Top 30m. a por Appendix A Sito Cass Ground role Name rage Shear Weve | Average Standard | Sol Uniaad Shar Velocity, V, (mis) Penetration Resistance, Neo Strength, s, a Hard roc Va> 1500 a ma 8 Fosk 760 W. = 1500 Wa ta c Very dense soiland soft rock 360 < V, < 760 Rw > 50 §> 100 kPa ° Sit sa 160< Vs «360 WeNesm | WiPacqsi0ia I) Rats 50a : sit sot Ze et ar in be nig ac + mosiure corer w > 40%, and Ucn shear eng, 25 KPa F Ober sos Stespecic aon rnired Notes to Table 4:1.8.4.8 (0) Ste Classes and 8 hard rock and rack re ot to be used there Is moc than 3 m of soter mates between the rockand the underside of ‘eating or mat undatons. The appropriate Site Cass for such cases is determined onthe basso! he average propertos ofthe tll tcknose of the sot materials (00 Appendix A) 11, has been measured ini, the F, and F valuas dred from Tales 4.18.48. and 4.1.4.0. may be mutiped by (15007), 1 Other sos include: (@) iquefable sols, uick and highly senstve clays, cotapsibe weakly cemet 0 sol, and other sais suscep to fale or colapse Under seismic loading, (©) eat andor highly organic lays greater than m in tikes, (©) hight plastic cays (PI > 75) more than 8m thick, and (6) sat medium sti clays more than 30 m thick, 2) ‘Site classifications for ground shall conform to Table 4.1.8.4.A. and shall be determined using V, except as provided in Sentence (3). 3) Ifaverage shear wave velocity, V,, is not known, Site Class shall be determined from energy-corrected Average Standard Penetration Resistance, Nyy or from #0 average undrained shear strength, s,, a5 noted in Table 4.1.84.,, Na and 8, being calculated based on rational analysis. (See Appendix A.) 4) Acceleration- and velocity-based site coefficients, F, and F,, shall conform to Tables 4.1.8.4.B. and 4.1.8.4.C, using linear interpolation for intermediate values of $,(02) and $,(1.0, Table 41.848, Values of F, as a Function of Site Class and §,(02) Forming Part of Sentence 4.1.8.4 (4) Values of Fe Sow §,(02) £025 8,(02)=0.80 $,(02)= 075 (02) = 1.00 802) 125 a 07 07 08 0B 08 8 oa 08 03 | 10 10 420 Division B ‘National Building Code of Canada 2010 Volume 2