I am a geotech trying to understand the requirements for site-specific analysis summarized in the 2003 edition of NEHRP and on the IBC 2000. The description provided in the NEHRP Chapter 3 Commentary gives a clear approach to obtain a site-specific, "ground" design spectrum. However, the...
The IBC 2000 is not that helpful regarding the computation of Fa and Fv for Site Class F soils. IBC recommends to condut site-specific response analyses to obtain Fa and Fv. Are the following steps correct: 1) conduct several response analyses using SHAKE, ProSHAKE, or Quake/W for several...
The IBC 2000 is not that helpful regarding the computation of Fa and Fv for Site Class F soils. IBC recommends to condut site-specific response analyses to obtain Fa and Fv. Are the following steps correct: 1) conduct several response analyses using SHAKE, ProSHAKE, or Quake/W for several...