Application of microtremor horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (MHVSR) analysis for site characterization: State of the art

S Molnar, JF Cassidy, S Castellaro, C Cornou… - Surveys in …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Nakamura (Q Rep Railway Tech Res Inst 30: 25–33, 1989) popularized the
application of the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) analysis of microtremor …

Geopsy: A user‐friendly open‐source tool set for ambient vibration processing

M Wathelet, JL Chatelain, C Cornou… - Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Ambient vibrations are nowadays considerably used worldwide for numerous types of
engineering applications and scientific research. Geopsy and its companion tools are part of …

Guidelines for the good practice of surface wave analysis: a product of the InterPACIFIC project

S Foti, F Hollender, F Garofalo, D Albarello… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2018 - Springer
Surface wave methods gained in the past decades a primary role in many seismic projects.
Specifically, they are often used to retrieve a 1D shear wave velocity model or to estimate …

Measured vs. predicted site response at the Garner Valley Downhole Array considering shear wave velocity uncertainty from borehole and surface wave methods

DP Teague, BR Cox, EM Rathje - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper compares measured and predicted site response at the Garner Valley Downhole
Array (GVDA) using a wide range of shear wave velocity (Vs) profiles developed from both …

Surface-wave dispersion approach for evaluating statistical models that account for shear-wave velocity uncertainty

SC Griffiths, BR Cox, EM Rathje… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
A number of strategies exist to account for the epistemic uncertainty and aleatory variability
in shear-wave velocity (V s) profiles used in site response analyses. Epistemic uncertainty …

A New -Based Liquefaction-Triggering Procedure for Gravelly Soils

KM Rollins, J Roy… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Liquefaction assessment has primarily been performed using in situ penetration testing, but
this practice has become problematic for gravelly soils. For example, standard penetration …

Site response implications associated with using non-unique Vs profiles from surface wave inversion in comparison with other commonly used methods of accounting …

DP Teague, BR Cox - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper discusses variability and accuracy of site response predictions performed using
shear wave velocity (Vs) profiles derived from non-unique surface wave inversions and …