Geotechnical

Earthquake Engineering

Jonathan D. Bray, Ph.D., P.E., NAE

UC Berkeley

Steven L. Kramer, Ph.D.

Univ. of Washington
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 Earthquake Ground Shaking
1999 Chi-Chi EQ 1994 Northridge EQ

1995 Kobe EQ

1994 Northridge EQ

1999 Kocaeli EQ
EARTHQUAKE GROUND SHAKING
M = 8.8 Maule, Chile EQ

Santiago

Temuco

Verdugo et al. 2012

 SITE EFFECTS
Concepción

PGV = 65 cm/s

Análisis Preliminar
Registro de Concepción Centro Geology of
Rubén Boroschek Concepción
Universidad de Chile
Soil
21 de abril de 2010
P. Ramirez, M. Miller,
A. Belmonte, & E. Jaque
Rock (from Andrés Tassara)
 Importance of Local Soil Conditions

Ts = 4H / Vs Ts ≈ 0 s 1s 2s 3s Tn = N / 10
H = soil depth 1967 Caracas EQ (Seed & Alonso 1974)
N = # of stories
Vs = avg. Vs of soil
 Soil Liquefaction

1964 Niigata, Japan EQ (from H.B. Seed) 1999 Kocaeli, Turkey, Japan EQ (GEER)
Lower San Fernando Dam- 1971 San Fernando EQ
From H.B. Seed
 Las Palmas Gold Mine Tailings Dam Failure
M8.8 Maule, Chile EQ View across scarp
Failure & Flow
Caused 4 deaths

Bray & Frost 2010

Upstream construction

Sand ejecta near toe of flow debris View from scarp looking downstream
 Seismic Slope Displacement
Turnagain Slide, 1964 Alaska EQ 4th Ave. Slide, 1964 Alaska EQ
(H.B. Seed)

EERC Slide Collection

2011 Christchurch, NZ EQ 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan EQ

Evaluation & Mitigation of Seismic Hazards
– Engineering Seismology & Earthquake Engineering
– Earthquake Ground Motions
– Dynamic Soil Properties
– Seismic Site Effects and Response Evaluation
– Soil Liquefaction
• Key Concepts
• Liquefaction Triggering Evaluation
• Evaluating Effects of Liquefaction
• Liquefaction Mitigation
– Seismic Slope Stability
– Seismic Earth Pressures
– Soil-Structure Interaction