Author： Laouami Nasser Labbé Pierre Bahar Ramdane
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 1383-4649
Source： Journal of Seismology, Vol.9, Iss.4, 2005-10, pp. : 463-472
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present a stochastical approach, which analyse the torsional ground motion, induced by the spatial variability of seismic motions. For this purpose, a torsional ground motion analytical model is proposed and a normalised differential motion parameter is introduced. The approach regards the seismic motion as the combination of a travelling wave on the site (coherent component) and a zero mean randomizing factor that introduces a loss of correlation effect. The soil parameters as fundamental frequency and damping coefficient are integrating by modeling the coherent component with the commonly used Kanai-Tajimi power spectral density. The parametric analysis of the model shows an increase of the induced torsion with both the soil frequency and the motion scattering parameter, and a decrease with the separation distance, the apparent wave velocity and the correlation length. Finally, in order to test the proposed torsional ground motion model prediction, it is compared to the experimental results recorded by the EPRI LSST array in Lotung, Taiwan (Laouami and Labbé, 2002). The comparison leads to the identification of the model parameters for the Lotung soft site.
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