Simulation of subsea seismic ground motions

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, London. Seismic motions at seafloor are different from those at onshore sites since seawater can significantly suppress the seafloor vertical motions at the P-wave resonant frequencies of the seawater layer. Seawater layer also indirectly influences the seafloor...

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Main Authors: Hao, Hong, Bi, Kaiming, Li, C., Li, H.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE150100195
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74910
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author Hao, Hong
Bi, Kaiming
Li, C.
Li, H.
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Bi, Kaiming
Li, C.
Li, H.
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description © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, London. Seismic motions at seafloor are different from those at onshore sites since seawater can significantly suppress the seafloor vertical motions at the P-wave resonant frequencies of the seawater layer. Seawater layer also indirectly influences the seafloor motions as it changes the water saturation level and pore pressure of subsea soil layers. This paper summarizes some recent developments on the study of characteristics of subsea ground motions, and simulations of seismic motions at seafloor for use in seismic response analysis of offshore structures. The theoretical seafloor transfer functions are presented first. Procedures of simulating seafloor motions from the base rock motion spectrum or using onshore earthquake recordings are introduced. A numerical example is provided following the corresponding theoretical background in each section to demonstrate the procedure. The procedures can be used to simulate seafloor motions that can be used as inputs in the seismic response analysis of offshore structures.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-749102022-09-06T05:46:13Z Simulation of subsea seismic ground motions Hao, Hong Bi, Kaiming Li, C. Li, H. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, London. Seismic motions at seafloor are different from those at onshore sites since seawater can significantly suppress the seafloor vertical motions at the P-wave resonant frequencies of the seawater layer. Seawater layer also indirectly influences the seafloor motions as it changes the water saturation level and pore pressure of subsea soil layers. This paper summarizes some recent developments on the study of characteristics of subsea ground motions, and simulations of seismic motions at seafloor for use in seismic response analysis of offshore structures. The theoretical seafloor transfer functions are presented first. Procedures of simulating seafloor motions from the base rock motion spectrum or using onshore earthquake recordings are introduced. A numerical example is provided following the corresponding theoretical background in each section to demonstrate the procedure. The procedures can be used to simulate seafloor motions that can be used as inputs in the seismic response analysis of offshore structures. 2017 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74910 10.1201/9781315161563-2 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE150100195 restricted
spellingShingle Hao, Hong
Bi, Kaiming
Li, C.
Li, H.
Simulation of subsea seismic ground motions
title Simulation of subsea seismic ground motions
title_full Simulation of subsea seismic ground motions
title_fullStr Simulation of subsea seismic ground motions
title_full_unstemmed Simulation of subsea seismic ground motions
title_short Simulation of subsea seismic ground motions
title_sort simulation of subsea seismic ground motions
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE150100195
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74910